SOSC 1341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bethlem Royal Hospital, Narratology, Statutory Law

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1341
• Professor: Olena Kobzar

Document Summary

If a prime minister killed somebody, he"d be punished the same as if i were to kill someone. Moral panic a disruption that threatens the social order of a society. We decide the morality of our country, and law helps us not allow it example, prostitution, drugs. Law as containment some things should be like a container, preventing something in happening gun control, we want to contain it and have people not owning guns. Early 30s + mulatto + seamstress + unmarried (ideas about her) Clara ford shot and killed frank westwood who came from a very rich family (18 years old, frm a well to do white family) Osler made social norms to believe that this woman did. 18 year old woman from england, servant in the massey home young + white + british + innocent +hardworking + dutiful +dressed in dowdy (ugly) clothing. Bert massey: liked fast cars and had a reputation for womanizing.