Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17, 42, 43, 45: Murder Of Reena Virk, Karla Homolka, Paul Bernardo
10 Dec 2018
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Introduction to sociology: 87-90, 235-241, 246-250 of reading sociology. Nasty girl" phenomenon is a result of a moral panic: society"s panicked response at an idea/act that has not traditionally been accepted/ that has not traditionally occurred. Female violence became a discussion in the mid-90s after the murders and rapes of teenagers by paul bernardo and karla homolka. Became more serious, nov 1997, victoria bc; murder of 14 yr old reena virk by a group of mostly female teens (7 girls, 1 boy) Moral panic a ects impacts social, education, and legal policy-making: increase in mechanisms of control, representative measures targeting youths, state policies on violent youth have turn punitive. Tuesday, november 27, 2018: the youth criminal justice act (april 1, 2003); classi cation of non-violent", Violent", and seriously violent" o ences re ect public desire to harshly punish violent youth: secure care act (bill 25), bc (follows alberta"s protection of children involved in prostitution.
