CRM 312 Lecture Notes - Jock Young, Truancy, Edwin Sutherland
2 Oct 2013
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Moral panic was first brought up by stanley cohen, who was fascinated by the way in which media constructed a particular youth crisis in england: the clash of the two dominant youth tribes, mods and rockers. Mods: interested in consumptive & behavioural attributes outside their working class (very into. This was an attempt of working class youths to visually distance themselves from their class. Their expensive, dressy clothing was veiling their class status, and this was the main characteristic of the mods. Their preferred mode of transport was their own private vehicle (italian scooters, like vespa) and it was a mark of distinguishing themselves as well. Since they obviously couldn"t afford new scooters, it came down to them buying old scooters and fixing them up, putting their particular mark on them such as extra lights or mirrors. Rockers: though the rockers were also working class, they embraced this status, and stylistically looked very different.
