AHSS*4050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cyberbullying, School Violence, General Social Survey
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Introduction: many americans feel that violence has invaded their lives. Is this fear justified: do recent school shootings suggest that something must be done about violence in schools, whose interests are served. Moral panic: can define many well known social problems, alcohol, pornography, censorship, drugs. 5 stages: emergence of the problem, legitimizing the problem, mobilization of action, formation of a plan. Moral panic cont : usually direct hostility toward marginalized groups, usually need to over exaggerate the problem. School shootings: between 1997 and 1999 the u. s. experienced a number of school shootings. 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. In 1994 there were no school shootings where more than a single person was killed; 4 in 1997 and.
