CRIM 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Gang, Juvenile Court, Ethnography
29 Sep 2017
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After examining official, self-report, victimization survey stats on young offenders, next step in understanding youth crime - put statistics into social context & develop social profile of young ppl who have found themselves in trouble w/ law. Central aspect of public discourse on youth crime - identifies certain youth as more threatening than others. Age is concern in debates, in that some interest groups insist youth criminals are younger now than ever before & that youth under age of 12 are committing crimes w/ impunity. Young women & girls said to be more criminal & more violent than in the past. Racialize - concept allowing understanding of racism going beyond overt expressions & discriminatory actions of individuals. For criminologists, social face of youth crime has always been gendered & classed. Young offenders to be studied were impoverished & working-class males living in urban core areas of large cities.
