Sociology 2267A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Murder Of Reena Virk, Juvenile Delinquency, Relate
12 Jan 2017
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Youth crime is a public issue because it affects lots of people. For centuries young people have been critiqued for their behaviours. We hear so much about it because of the media and how they sensationalize it because media is a corporation all they care about is858$ High profile cases are placed in the news and it insinuates what we should fear. Reena virk (1997) group of girls beat her up and then 2 other people came and finished her off. Creates fear and goes against gender norms. Relate it to family, personal experience because you can also be at risk. Stefanie rengel (2008) woman made her boyfriend kill stef (his ex) because she felt he still had feelings for her. Creates so much fear and again woman mastermind. Like hedalines, images, discussion, coverage help us construct a particular idea about what the facts are about youth crime. Make presumptions from the news about the world around you.
