Sociology 2267A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Morality Play, Defense Of Infancy, Libertine
20 Apr 2018
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Public issues: matters of public concern that are debated in a variety of forums and usually involve demands of action. Public concerns about youth crime in 18th and 19th centuries. Youth crime has always been a part of canadian society but not always a public issue. Discourse: how things are talked about and understood, both orally and in written form, including formal talk, such as theory, professional talk such as reports, books and media and conversations. Headlines warn of youth crime throughout the 1990s: painted criminal deeds of youth. 1995 5 bc teens were charged with second degree murder of a fisherman o! 7 year old boy in sk murdered another 7 year old boy o! 15 year old in wp killed a 13 yr old fn in a drive by shooting o! 4 halifax teens aggravated assault trying to kill a total stranger late 90s headlines concerning girls out control teenage girls o!
