SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sexting, People V. Turner, Moral Panic

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Ryan Broll

Document Summary

The media is fairly consistent in their depiction of crime: Media depictions of crime: violence is commonplace. It is always happening, always nearby: very sympathetic to victims. Often suggest that victims were chosen at random, which is usually untrue. Usually show victims that have overcome hardship. Do not hear anything about the offender most of the time: the criminal justice system is too soft on criminals (e. g. the not criminally. Sentences, especially for violent crimes, are portrayed as being too lenient (e. g. brock turner case) Public knowledge about crime and justice largely comes from mass media. The way crime is portrayed in the media differs from empirical accounts: whether crime is statistically decreasing or increasing, the media makes it seems like its always on the rise. Originated with the moral panic behind the mods and rockers in britain: cohen used moral panic" to describe the dispute between these two groups in the.