AHSS 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Watching Movies, Homicide, Lightning
31 Jul 2018
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Criminal courts - criminal justice and the media. Lecture 1: moral panic, technology and social media. Introduction: many americans feel that violence has invaded their lives, do recent school shootings suggest that something must be done about. Is this fear justified? violence in schools: whose interests are served. 5 stages: emergence of the problem, legitimizing the problem, mobilization of action, formation of a plan, implementation of plan. Usually need to over exaggerate the problem. Immediate response from the justice system and schools system with respect to suspensions and stiffer penalties: concern over youth watching movies and playing violent video games, harsher sentences and increased incarceration of youth, get tough policies. 1993 to 1998: the u. s. has approximately 338 million children between the ages of 10 and. In 1994 there were no school shootings where more than a single person was killed; 4 in 1997 and 2 in 1998.
