Criminology 3403 -- Discourse & Crime -- Room MMH202, MWF 12.30-1.30     course outline    gradesheet

week one -- sept 03-05 introduction
wed - intro: outline, etc.
fri - no class
week five -- sept 29-03
mon: proposal review; ch04
wed: child abuse cont.
fri: xtra: Jenkins problems #3
week nine -- oct 27-31
mon: in lieu of class #8
wed: ch07 crime patterns
fri: class cancelled
week thirteen -- nov 24-28
mon - ch10 westray
wed - cont; sample study
fri -xtra
week two -- sept 8-12
mon:  ch01 sex assault
wed: class cancelled
fri: cont.
week six -- oct 6-10 proposal due
mon -- content analysis 1&2
wed -- discourse analysis  #4
fri - xtra: love canal #5
week ten--nov 03-07
mon - xtra : thematic analysis
wed - ch08 crime stoppers #9
fri -
week fourteen -- dec 01-05
mon - this week for working
on projects
week three -- sept 15-19
mon: cont; sample study
wed: ch02 prostitution
fri: sample study/content analysis
week seven -- oct 13-17
mon - Thanks uni closed
wed - ch05 disease
fri -- sample study #6
week eleven -- nov 10-14
mon - Reading week
Remembrance 11.11
week fifteen -- dec 08-12
mon - xam preview
projects due
exam --12.11@2pm
week four -- sept 22-26
mon: ch03 domestic violence
wed: class cancelled #1
fri: class online #2
week eight -- oct 20-24
mon: ch06 sample study
wed: ch06 race riot
fri - intro to ch07 #7
week twelve -- nov 17-21
mon -  ch09 serial killers
wed - cont; sample study
fri -xtra

xtra: looping concept
& MCA xtra: crimewave2023
xtra: bathhouse raids

engagement exercises:
#1. 9.24. Briefly describe the method used in the ch03 sample study, and its significance.
#2. 9.26. Please watch video "reframing the montreal massacre", and summarize key theme, 27mins: http://vimeo.com/6996357
#3. 10.03. How would you apply social panic analysis to a topic?
#4. 10.08. How is the problem described and why is it important?
#5. 10.10. How is discourse important in the environmental projects?
#6. 10.17. How is blame used to affect responsibility?
#7. 10.24. What is the consequence of the portrayal (of victim and offender).
#8. 10.26. Intro: "Stanley Cohen's concept of "moral panic" describes an exaggerated reaction by society to a perceived social problem, where a group or individual becomes a "folk devil" scapegoated for a perceived threat to social values. This panic is amplified by the mass media, leading to heightened public anxiety, and is often followed by calls for social or political intervention." On that basis, view the following videos, and apply them to the chapter's focus on fear. For a handin Wed (one pg max).
Mods & Rockers: https://youtu.be/r61ks18Bd7I 5mins Stanley Cohen: https://youtu.be/Fkif9txhWu8 8mins  Moral Panics: https://youtu.be/URYfLan-510  11mins
#9 11.05. How is fear important and how is it used to control us?