CC200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Ethnography, Cybertip.Ca, Socioeconomic Status
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Chapter 4: the social face of youth crime. Racialize/racialized: concept allows an understanding of racism that goes beyond overt expressions and discriminatory actions of individuals. The social face of youth crime has always been gendered and classed. Ethnographic method: research method involves richly detailed descriptions and classifications of a group of people or behaviours. Longitudinal study: data on a group of people are collected over a number of time periods rather than at only one point in their lives. Race: socially constructed category based on beliefs about biological differences between groups of people that have no basis in scientific evidence. Ethnicity: person"s group of origin, where origin is usually thought in terms of ancestral location and/or elements of culture. Socio-economic status: similar to social class, but specifically refers to a person"s social standing or position in terms of education, occupation, and income.
