political science reading assignment
Reading Assignment
NO PLAGIARISM PLEASE!
2-3 pages double spaced. APA format. Times New Roman size 12 font. ONLY answer 2 questions.
The answers to the questions will come from the chapters of the text. I have attached a copy of the chapter readings. Please use this textbook on the work cited page. I have included a guideline on how the paper needs to be cited.
Clarke, Edward J. (ed.).2008.Deviant Behavior: A Text-Reader in the Sociology of Deviance.Seventh Edition. New York: Worth Publishers
Chapter 28. The Epistemological Challenge of the Early Attack on “Rate Construction,†Troy Duster
Chapter 29. The Organizational Career of Gang Statistics: The Politics of Policing Gangs, Albert J. Meehan
Chapter 30. Trial by Fire: Media Constructions of Corporate Deviance, Gray Cavender, AoganMulcahy
Chapter 31. Criminalizing Women’s Behavior, Nora S. Gustavsson, Ann E. MacEachron
Chapter 32. Medicalizing Homelessness: The Production of Self-Blame and Self-Governing within Homeless Shelters, Vincent Lyon-Callo
ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS:
1. Troy Duster offers this description of epistemological crisis: “If what I am seeing is true, then other things that I thought were true are no longer certain.†Apply this description to an example of contemporary socio-cultural deviance (e.g., 9/11; the Newtown school children mass murder) to highlight the process by which meaning is socially constructed. Pay particular attention to mass media as well as other social groups and segments that contribute to the process.
2. List and discuss the four recurring elements of the crime news frame according to Cavender and Mulcahy. Why does this news frame better fit stories of street crime than corporate white collar narratives.
3. In Lyon-Callo’s study, how do routine homeless shelter practices “produce†homeless subjects. Be sure to frame your answer around the medicalization of homelessness and social inequality (i.e., resulting from drugs, alcohol, or social trauma).
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Guide for Citing paper
USE THE APA FORMAT IN CITING TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS FOR REFERENCES (especially include alphabetized LAST NAME OF AUTHOR and DATE as shown):
Becker, H. S. (2008). Career Deviance. In Edward J. Clarke (Ed.), Deviant Behavior: A text-reader in the sociology of deviance (pp. 198-200). New York, NY: Worth Publishers.
Hirschi, T. (2008). A Control Theory of Delinquency. In Edward J. Clarke (Ed.), Deviant Behavior: A text-reader in the sociology of deviance (pp. 172-178). New York, NY: Worth Publishers.
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The CORRECT chapter Number in Clarke can be substituted for pp.:
Becker, H. S. (2008). Career Deviance. In Edward J. Clarke (Ed.), Deviant Behavior: A text-reader in the sociology of deviance (Chapter 17). New York, NY: Worth Publishers.
Hirschi, T. (2008). A Control Theory of Delinquency. In Edward J. Clarke (Ed.), Deviant Behavior: A text-reader in the sociology of deviance (Chapter 15). New York, NY: Worth Publishers.