According to Glassner, “Every few months…it seems we discover a new category of people to fear.” (1999: 62) In other words what we, as a culture, fear is always changing. In my opinion the reason we come to fear these things is through our perception of events through the media (1999).
A few of the “wrong things” Glassner suggests we fear and have feared are; life threatening diseases, “Killer Kids” (1999: 62), government thugs, sadistic cops, and Middle eastern terrorists. All of these thing and many more we come to fear based on a single anomalous events, which when these events happen we notice then and think they are the norm (Glassner 1999).
The idea that these anomalous events are the norm is enforced through media attention of these …show more content…
Both groups showed about the same amount of delinquency, however they were perceived in very different ways. In the public opinion the Saints were well-mannered young men, with good grades, and a promising future, and who occasionally got in trouble for harmless pranks. The Roughnecks, on the other hand, were constantly in trouble with the police, and had bad grades and not a good future outlook. According to Chambliss the main reason for these differences in public opinion was the fact that the Saints were upper class, and the Roughnecks were lower …show more content…
Also because they were of upper class they had access to cars and thus could take their delinquent acts other places where people wouldn’t know them, and they had a quick way to get away after they committed crimes. Another aspect of the Saints that was not present in the Roughnecks is their non-confrontational attitude. Even if they were caught in delinquent behaviors, they would be polite and plead for mercy, which they would always receive (Chambliss 1973).
In the case of the Roughnecks, their lower class status made them seem more delinquent then the Saints. First of all they, unlike the Saints, did not have access to a car, in which case their delinquent behaviors had to be committed in places they could all get to, and these places were in view of the community. They also did not try to keep up an image of good behavior, so the did not worry about having good grades, or respecting the teachers. Also different from the Saints, if the police approached them, they would openly show their dislike and distrust for them (Chambliss
A few of the “wrong things” Glassner suggests we fear and have feared are; life threatening diseases, “Killer Kids” (1999: 62), government thugs, sadistic cops, and Middle eastern terrorists. All of these thing and many more we come to fear based on a single anomalous events, which when these events happen we notice then and think they are the norm (Glassner 1999).
The idea that these anomalous events are the norm is enforced through media attention of these …show more content…
Both groups showed about the same amount of delinquency, however they were perceived in very different ways. In the public opinion the Saints were well-mannered young men, with good grades, and a promising future, and who occasionally got in trouble for harmless pranks. The Roughnecks, on the other hand, were constantly in trouble with the police, and had bad grades and not a good future outlook. According to Chambliss the main reason for these differences in public opinion was the fact that the Saints were upper class, and the Roughnecks were lower …show more content…
Also because they were of upper class they had access to cars and thus could take their delinquent acts other places where people wouldn’t know them, and they had a quick way to get away after they committed crimes. Another aspect of the Saints that was not present in the Roughnecks is their non-confrontational attitude. Even if they were caught in delinquent behaviors, they would be polite and plead for mercy, which they would always receive (Chambliss 1973).
In the case of the Roughnecks, their lower class status made them seem more delinquent then the Saints. First of all they, unlike the Saints, did not have access to a car, in which case their delinquent behaviors had to be committed in places they could all get to, and these places were in view of the community. They also did not try to keep up an image of good behavior, so the did not worry about having good grades, or respecting the teachers. Also different from the Saints, if the police approached them, they would openly show their dislike and distrust for them (Chambliss