CRIM 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Crime Comics, Gangsta Rap, Juvenile Delinquency

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: James Williams

Document Summary

Slide 4: a) with each generation, the morals of young people are getting worse, and that deteriorating can be affiliated as things continuously getting worse. Cultural expression associated with young people: 1950s-this was a period there was a sense of anxiety but also a connection with a very specific cultural form. Crime comics were very popular in the 50s. These were a comic book format initially started in the 30s but became popular in the late 40s. Series include: crime does not pay, famous crimes, murder incorporated, the escape king! Book about juvenile offenders and their criminal behaviour as to why they engage in criminal activities. He noticed how they all read these types of comics. He talked about how wonder woman was a lesbian and batman and robin were gay. 1949: canada creates a law where 2 years imprisonment for anyone making, distributing or selling crime comics. Criminal code: section 163 (b) talks about this.