SOC 500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Youth Criminal Justice Act, Soft Law, Young Offenders Act
5 Apr 2017
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In news reports, all of the images of youth being handcuffed or arrested are of black or otherwise racialized youth. Parents should always know what is going on in their children"s lives putting blame explicitly on the parents. Elitist publications tend to rationalize the causal factors around youth crime (globe and. Mail), tabloid publications (toronto sun) using sensationalistic approach that explicitly targets the emotions of the audience, creating anger/empathy/fear. News outlets across the board tend to engage in emotion contests; wider news media contributes as a whole to the creation of moral panic around youth crime. Idea of the youthful criminal hiding in plain sight, for example one video about a boy who seemed quiet and reserved ended up being the killer of another child, stereotyping about the shy loner children. Clich s do have power; youth portrayed as apathetic, immature, obsessed with immediate thrills, which leads to certain pictures painted about youth.
