SOC310H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Juvenile Delinquency, Bsc Young Boys, Moral Panic
14 Jan 2017
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Media representation and public perceptions based on gender. Origins of juvenile delinquency resonate with current acts. How are girls and boys viewed differently with regards to crime. The fact that young boys commit crime and more likely to engage in violence. When we look at one act they seem to be described in particular ways. Rena virk case young south asian woman killed by group of female peers resurgence of idea of female young offender in group (in groups mean girls) Race of rena virk was very prominent intersectionality. The context of murder was bullying incident. Activity of young girls that killed her was described as evidence of. She was bullied because she was south asian. Bullying was radicalized but got left out. Wider social context and social inequality is often left out of the discourse. Stephan was killed by young man but young woman was seen as accomplice.
