Sociology 3363F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Big Data, Juvenile Delinquency, Cyberterrorism

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 3363F/G
• Professor: Thomas Cooke

Document Summary

Knowing the (un)knowable and predicting the (un)predictable: on the future of. In last week"s class, we focused on the emergence of radicalization as a dominant framework for understanding terrorism. We focused on the implications of this relatively new way of thinking about terrorism for policing and already vulnerable individuals and groups. * the canadian version for prevent is basically coping the uk version* (exam) Configuration of risky subjects": discourses of radicalization create a public imaginary that focuses on muslim communities as a source of heightened risk (o"toole et al. The making of muslim strangers reinforce distinctions between the west (occident) and the east (orient) Radicalization discourse as mechanism of social exclusion: alienate muslim communities, policing practices disproportionately impact islamic communities, cause anxieties about muslims throughout the public sphere. The emergence and diffusion of radicalization is part of a broader trend toward governance through preemption (theories of governmentality and risk)