SOC 1500 Study Guide - Final Guide: Police Misconduct, Sex And The Law, Crime Prevention

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

A phenomenon reported by prosecutors who claim that television shows such as csi: crime scene investigation, influence american jurors to expect more forensic evidence in order to convict defendants of crimes. Police and prosecutors know this is unrealistic, but they are concerned that the futuristic technology and speedy resolutions viewers see each week shape the public"s expectations of crime solvers. Theories of media: technological, critical (social science) Social constructionism: to analyze how messages are socially constructed, looking at processes at how people or things are socially constructed, deviants are constructed, it is socially constructed. Spector & kitsuse (1977) process: social problems language deviant(s) Claim-any verbal or behavioral statement that tries to persuade the public to take a condition seriously or respond to it as a problem. Claim-makers- people who are making the claims, can be professionals or victims. Rhetorical idioms-situate a condition in the moral universe- often use common sense or what appears to be common sense notions.