CRIM 3657 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Moral Panic, Gun Violence, Labeling Theory
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Gangs in the news or media moral panic". Ethnic minority gangs periodically represented as risky, other through stylized/othering language: representations are stylized or stereotypical, us vs. them representation. Moral panic as response to social change/threats against dominant values: happens every now and then, change not well understood, established values being threatened, panic can come due to preconceived ideas of what canada looks like white. Christian, etc: when it goes against this people freak out. 2+ people according to tsp; 3+ according to cc. A collective solution to the shared problems of its members. Gangs as criminal/deviant: encouraging. facilitation, requiring deviant or criminal activity; violence or intimidation. Generic risk factors: witnessing or experience domestic violence; negative peer influence; low self-esteem. Specific risk factors: racial injustice and inequality, directly or indirect trauma from civil war; acculturation tensions at home and school; racist bullying and violence; internalization of negative labels. Benefits: social support, validation, status, thrills and money.
