March 16 - Youth and Deviance

Question 1

Youth

Answer 1

a transitional time in life between childhood and maturity

socially constructed

perceived to have lifestyles centered around deviance

Question 2

What are the two types of youth(define each)

Answer 2

Troubling Youth = Primarily a threat to others and to society
Troubled Youth = Primarily a threat to themselves

Question 3

What is an example of Troubling Youth?

Answer 3

Youth Crime, gangs, school shooter

Question 4

What are some examples of Troubled Youth?

Answer 4

drug use, binge drinking, self harm

Question 5

What are the perceptions of youth crime?

Answer 5

Popular image, i.e. out of control, dangerous
Does not match facts and research
moral panic

Question 6

What are the patterns of youth crime?

Answer 6

According to UCR: youth and adult crime increased from 1962-1990
Peaked in 1991, falling since then

Question 7

What are three dominant ways to count crimes, or describe crime patterns and trends?

Answer 7

Official Police Reported statistics
Victimization surveys
self-report studies

Question 8

What are the two ways a crime leads to a crime statistic?

Answer 8

crime happens => witnessed by police => event perceived as crime => decision to write report => Crime Statistic

crime happens => Noticed by public => perceived by someone as crime => Someone decides to notify police => Police designates as crime => police decide to write report

Question 9

What are the problems with crime rates?

Answer 9

Often deployed with limited understanding of sociological, demographical, criminological, and legal processes

need to be cautious, how we perceive it

increase in crime may rather be increase in pressure/police force/higher reporting

Question 10

What are the changes we look for when reading crime rates
?

Answer 10

change in:

Definition
classification
tolerance
reporting
legal priorities
exposure

Question 11

What are the general trends of youth crime in canada?

Answer 11

Steady downward trend
largely overexaggerated

Question 12

Which age gap has the highest crime rate?

Answer 12

18-24

Question 13

What do statistics say about crime rates of youth?

Answer 13

Peaked early 90s
effected by weather ( cold no one committing)
decrease in young people participation in vice

Question 14

What are the trends related to alcohol use in youth?

Answer 14

little to some use in early grade 7
most have used by grade 12

Question 15

Is alcohol use a deviant behaviour?

Answer 15

nom quite normative and common

Question 16

What is binge drinking?

Answer 16

5 drinks in one sitting for males, 4 for females

Question 17

Who is there more binge drinking among?

Answer 17

“Traditional” University students
members of fraternities/sororities
uni athletes

Question 18

What is binge drinking also refered as?

Answer 18

apprenticeship in drinking

Question 19

What is binge drinking also referred as?

Answer 19

apprenticeship in drinking

Question 20

What are the trends associated with drinking?

Answer 20

more polarized
increase in abstainers
not associated with later drinking
negative consequences serious risks

Question 21

What are the efforts of controlling binge drinking?

Answer 21

Prevention and retroactive efforts, target individual
i.e alcohol policies in student residencies

Question 22

Are the methods of controlling binge drinking working?

Answer 22

Prevention paradox: efforts does not reduce harm of alcohol consumption

Population prevention is more effective