SOC 3710 Lecture 1: SOAN3710week1
10 Mar 2017
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Columbine high school shooting (1999: upper-middle class background, 12 students died. Stefanie rengel murder case (2008: ex boyfriend, killing was planned in advance, parents are police officers of the person that was murdered you think you know the bad people but you don"t. This is how we learn about issues in society. Dramatic words to explain to the public (cid:498)shockwave(cid:499) Make youth crime sound much worse than what it actually is. Stereotypes are enhanced when it comes to teenagers in society. Media relating boredom to teen violence: bad girls. Missing the danger signs: youth-gang violence on a rise. Perceptions may be more significant: unattached with the past, out of touch with dominant society, think differently, have different values (tinder) Based on some misconceptions: prone to deviant misconceptions, drug use, music, labeling youth as deviant, seen as a separate element in society not children anymore. Creation of a (cid:498)folk devil(cid:499: study of motorcycle sub culture.
