SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: 6 Years, Killingbeck, Assault

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

Influence perceptions of what science and crime solving can do. People expect the same results as seen on television: juries wanting more evidence, therefore stating people are not guilty. Faulty forensic science can make innocent people appear guilty. You can ask jurors how much tv they watch and which shows and how they perceive crime. Defined the unrealistic expectation the public have regarding what forensic science can accomplish. Technological technology (how tv works, printed sources, audiovisual) Claim (a verbal visual or behavioral statement that try"s to persuade audience, public to take condition seriously and respond to it as a problem or deviant) *** Claim makers make these claims (moral entrepreneur) that something is deviant or problematic and they can be professional such as a doctor. Claim making activities, how do claim makers make these claims and how does the audience respond, how successful are they in making these claim.