Sociology 2267A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dee Snider, Young Offenders Act, Property Crime

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2267A/B
• Professor: Dale Ballucci

Document Summary

Data on youth crime varies by source: police not a lot of information on delinquents. Not always as accurate or detailed as it can be: courts. If there is an increase in youth crime from one year to another, there may be. An increase in young people in the area. Differences in prosecution (more conservative, right wing, less lenient) Higher policing increase in crime rates. Rural vs. urban cities police have a different relationship with the community around them. Bigger cities police governing lower income areas. Data (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e (cid:448)ie(cid:449)ed as (cid:862)politi(cid:272)al(cid:863) depe(cid:374)di(cid:374)g o(cid:374) the age(cid:374)da of the age(cid:374)(cid:272)y. The media fuels moral panics: main source that we get our news, try to catch our attention use key words (youth, victim, villainize the accused) Police: uniform crime reports: all types of convictions and charges, human beings are inputting these statistics we have discretion, may not be so accurate, ex. sexual assault is underreported.