SOC 3710 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Juvenile Delinquency, Moral Panic, Labeling Theory
9 Feb 2016
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Blue: whatever overlaps between text and lecture notes. I: overview, not tested, belief system ie: capitalism, political and religious ideologies no values to facts. T: if this then that . tests ie: labelling theory, differential association explains behaviours. 2 general ways of thinking of youth crime: constructionist explanations for behaviour, social reactions ie: moral panic and media frames and legalist how and why society looks at youth crime the way it does, cause-effect perspectives. Youth crime is defined by what others said and who you hang around with specifically mass media which driven by revenue distorts reality and provides entertainment to the public. Youth crime in media differs from youth crime stats as only 1% of the crime is actually aggressive and most of it is property crime. But, because it does not provide source of entertain it is not covered by media.
