Assigned Readings Flashcards
(12 cards)
What age group are most opioid-related drug deaths?
30-54
What is cyberdeviance?
Deviance acts committed using computer technology
In terms of digital piracy, how does Self Control Theory and Differential Association Theory explain youths’ behaviours?
Self Control Theory: the < self-control = > likely to engage in piracy
Differential Association Theory: > likely to engage if friends / peers engage in piracy
What is an example of coercive assimiliation towards Indigenous peoples?
Imposing colonialists’ binaries of sex, gender, and sexuality on Indigenous cultures
What 2 instances is consent not possible?
- Between child (< 16) and adult
- When it involves date rape drug
How does failing to matter affect youth criminality?
> likely to engage in criminal activity if youth feel they do not matter to parents, community, or society
4 ways that media frames girls’ violence:
- “sinister villians” (enjoy violence)
- “uncivilized” who travel in “wolf packs”
- Motivated by extreme jealousy
- Sympathetic lens
What is the prevention paradox?
growing efforts to “help” problem drinkers on campus have not reduced the extent of harm that results from alcohol consumption due to most harms caused by low-moderate drinkers.
What are the “most” important interests of high school girls + boys based on mid-20th century thought.
boys: being star athlete
girls: being popular
In 1960s, what were 2 reasons why cocaine returned to the US?
- US gov’t cut legal production of amphetamines + sedatives, leaving drug users to cocaine
- Pan-American hwy made trafficking cocaine easier
What led to crack-cocaine becoming worst drug epidemic in US history?
Raegan’s zero tolerance policy; he reduced funding for federal treatment and raised funding for law enforcement, drug task forces, etc.
In the 1980s, what capitalist ideology existed in the US urban areas?
“tough luck” ideology; noble to make money even if “losers” were hurt in the process
