CRM 312 Lecture Notes - Bsc Young Boys, Gambling, Truancy
9 Sep 2013
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Stanley cohen & moral panic (influenced by edwin sutherland & joseph gusfield) Newer orientation of criminology with its origins from the mid to late 1990"s. Attributed to the work of jeff ferrell and his work with clinton saunders; they edited cultural. Criminology which examines the complex interplay between crime, crime control, media, and modern culture ( late-modernity ) Late-modernity society refers to the society in which we currently live in (canada, 2013) The most prominent characteristic of late-modernity is consumerism (we can be labelled as consumption-driven, almost everything we buy is made elsewhere), among a whole host of disjunctures/contradictions. Strangers grows larger, yet we publicly announce deeply personal information on social media sites, or talking loudly on the phone such as criminal minds, csi, etc. Example: we are horrified by crime, yet we are enthralled by it through glorified crime. Example: we are becoming increasingly isolated in terms of intimacy, and our list of.
