Youth And Deviance P3

Question 1

Street Racing

Answer 1

• Refers to unsanctioned and often illegal forms of racing vehicles
• Some politicians & media blamed the growth & popularity on fast and furious

Question 2

Dangers of Street Racing

Answer 2

• Can lead to serious injury, property damage and death to drivers and civilians watching
  ↳ as speed inreases so does risk of crash and fatality

Question 3

Ins & Outs of Street Racing

Answer 3

• Street races can be:
  1) Unorganized/spontaneous
  2) highly organized/planned
• Alleged connections to many other forms of deviance and other types of crime

Question 4

Subculture Demographics

Answer 4

• Vary by city,country or specific car scene
• Attributed to
  ↳ car enthusiasts
  ↳ young males
  ↳ blue collar workers or unemployed
  ↳ Young women

Question 5

How does Housing effect the healthcare system?

Answer 5

• Housing suppor significantly reduces strain on the healthcare system
• Marginalized people lose their houses for many reasons
• Giving people housing that is far from their community can deteriorate their mental health

Question 6

Context On Edmontons Homlessness

Answer 6

• Economic challenges: Edmonton is unique because there are a lot of oil workers who went from making a lot of money to zero money
• Rising cost of living, inflation

Question 7

Everyday Challenge of being Homeless

Answer 7

• Where to sleep, be warm, get money or food?
• Drug is not always consumed for pleasure, they get withdrawals

Question 8

Study’s main Findings

Answer 8

• Perceptions that crime & victimization have increased in recent years
• Greater victimization of:
  ↳ unhoused people
• Significant decline in feelings of safety

Question 9

Increased Crime & Violence

Answer 9

1) More unhoused people + those with addictions
2) Gnag-related issues & drug territory
3) Chnages to drug use/composition
4) Street Code

↳ this all leads to more despair and anger

Question 10

1) Increase in Homelessness

Answer 10

• More people than ever before
• Small # of homelessness cause the majority of issues, if we have more homeless then the troublemakers also increase

Question 11

2) Gang Violence

Answer 11

• The Red Alert gang is experiencing internal fighting
• Competition for gang positions/ challenging leadership
• People who were previously respected no longer are and have developed drug issues
  ↳ gang should be ran as a business

Question 12

3) Drugs

Answer 12

• Shift in drug composition and peoples drug needs
  ↳ Leads to more crime being commited to get drugs
• Need for more money and the need from drugs
  ↳ increase in crime and violence

Question 13

4) Street Code

Answer 13

• Street code is collapsing as there are less rules and no clear leadership
• Greater victimization of “civilians” as wel
  ↳ all these factors lead to more chaos

Question 14

Greater Despair

Answer 14

• Greater trauma and angrier people leads to cyclical problems
• I.E. people feel thy can’t wear red because Red Alert will assault them for wearing that colour, this previously wasn’t an issue

Question 15

The “Perfect Storm”

Answer 15

• More people experienceing homelessness and addiction
• breakdown of gang structure and community
  ↳ leads to disorder

Question 16

Edmontons Rental costs and Vacancy Rates

Answer 16

• Rental cost has increased in edmonton
• Vacancy rate reflects rental cost
  ↳ Drops in vacancy rates