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january week one 8-12 mon: intro: outline, etc. wed: noclasses fri: content analysis	february week five 5-9 mon: ch03 *sample study Q4 wed: ch05 disease + MCA fri: online exercise Q5	march week nine 4-8 reading week -- noclasses	april week 13 1-5 project work -- noclasses mon: easter -- noclass wed: available for inclass help on projects... fri: no inclass, for work on projects
week two 15-19 mon:  ch01 sex assault Q1 wed: cont; *sample study fri: xtra sex assault trials	week six 12-16 proposal due mon: ch04 child abuse +MCA wed: xtra: Jenkins problems Q6 fri: xtra: bathhouse raids Q7	week ten 11-15 mon: ch07 crime patterns wed: sample study fri: no class	week fourteen 8-12 11lastclass mon: wrapping up; xam preview wed: projects due
week three 22-26 mon: ch02 prostitution wed: *sample study fri: cont.; + qualitative analysis Q2	week seven 19-23 mon: familyday -- noclasses wed: xtra: martensville fri: online exercise Q8	week eleven 18-22 mon: xtra: crimewave2023 wed: ch08 crime stoppers fri: xtra: discourse analysis Q9	15-19 exam period class exam 4.18@2pm
week four 29-02 mon: noclass Q3 wed: ch03 domestic violence fri: noclass	week eight 26-01 mon: noclass :( wed: ch06 race riot fri: sample study	week twelve 25-29 mon: noclass :( wed: ch10 westray sample study Q10 fri: easter -- noclasses	+public criminology ch09 serial sample study

assignments:

Q1. 1.15. "Why is there a 'construction of an orthodox account'?"
Q2. 1.26. Should the 'victims exhibit' have been allowed to be public?
Q3. 1.29. For Wed., watch video "reframing the montreal massacre", and summarize key theme, 27mins: http://vimeo.com/6996357
Q4. 2.05. What is the advantage of this approach? (thematic analysis)
Q5. 2.09. Explain the discourse of "Why animal-rights is not a luxury", after watching the video, 20mins, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixGoULHxD98
Q6. 2.14. How can we springboard from the analysis of 'social problems' to another topic? Excuseable but not makeupable.
Q7. 2.16. How effective was the resistant discourse (in the bathhouse raids)? Did it make a difference? Excuseable but not makeupable.
Q8. 2.23. In lieu of class, please send me a short description of what a riot is, with a visual example.
Q9. 3.22. How is power embedded in the word 'hooker', and what does it accomplish? Excuseable but not makeupable.
Q10. 3.27. Coverage is highest when it’s a disaster but lowest when it is a crime… what is the consequence of this pattern? Excuseable but not makeupable.
 
 Q4 Answers: raising awareness; it gives the victim more voice; working with journalists to develop best practices; the topic should be discussed more broadly in the media; as it is redefined as a public issue it becomes less taboo; it shows how the media frames issues; with more awareness the number of cases will go down; to better represent the reality; putting research to work; better data collection; better information; reporting more about the victim rather than the crime done to them; reframing the issue as a social problem; not blaming the victim; it looks at the issue as a social problem rather than a single private tragedy; public outreach; better understanding of terminology; to better inform the public; raise awareness without shaming the victim; to help bring awareness about media misrepresentation; to see how issues are framed.