Useful Reference Material: Youth Groups
Home Office Report (includes public attitudes to youth)
You can download the report via the link below.
The drivers of perceptions of anti-social behaviour
rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs10/horr34c.pdf
The link above will take you to a very useful report, which includes public fears about the behaviour of young people. Remember perception is quite different from what is actually happening. This is very relevant when it comes to discussing how young people are represented. Below is an excerpt from that report. Page 6 of the report.
Media & Interpretation
First among many factors driving current public interpretations of behaviour are the media. The media encourage people to see things in certain ways. There is a large literature on the effects of media consumption on a range of factors, including feat of criminal defendants, punitive attitudes and perceptions of crime rates. No such studies were found which measured the effects of the media on PASB, or perceptions of disorder or incivility. some of the findings of the effects of the media on crime-related perceptions appear to have likely implications for thinking about PASB, but we do not review this literature in depth here. by way of example, studies have found TV viewing to be 'associated with misperceptions of juvenile (and adult) crime is increasing when, in fact, it is decreasing' (Goldel et al, 2006: 134; Pfeiffer et al, 2005; Perrone and Chesney-Lind, 1998). A range of TV shows has been implicated in these processes of production misperception, including news programmes (Goldel et al, 2006; Dixon, 2008). Which newspaper a reader takes has been found to correlate to fear of crime, although generally the press, and indeed the media across the board, are thought to distort perceptions through a tendency to highlight extreme cases of criminality and incivility, leading viewers/readers/listeners to believe that such unusual cases are closer to the norm than in fact they are (O'Connell, 1999).
Young people entering prison on remand down by 5%
Boy, 15, wins curfew legal battle
Anti-yob laws 'breaching rights'
Yob tag 'risks demonising youth'
Operation Leopard
The Guardian spends a day with Operation Leopard officers to find out who they are stopping and how well the initative works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU&feature=channel
The Guardian Newspaper Article "Teenage Kicks"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2011/jan/28/teenage-kicks-relationship-abuse
l(Lots of comments from the public on this one)
The Guardian Newspaper Article (Child restraint in Jail)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/feb/15/high-court-restraint-child-jail
The Guardian Newspaper Article "Teenage Kicks"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2011/jan/28/teenage-kicks-relationship-abuse
l(Lots of comments from the public on this one)
The Guardian Newspaper Article (Child restraint in Jail)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/feb/15/high-court-restraint-child-jail
The Guardian commercial - Points Of View (This is a good advert demonstrating perceptions)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3h-T3KQNxU
http://www.met.police.uk/campaigns/anti_knife_crime/
http://www.met.police.uk/campaigns/anti_knife_crime/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFVkzYDNJqo
http://www.met.police.uk/campaigns/anti_knife_crime/
http://www.met.police.uk/campaigns/anti_knife_crime/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFVkzYDNJqo
See David Gauntlet’s website below
Definition of Perception: (source reference The Oxford English Dictionary)
perception
perception
Pronunciation:/pəˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/
noun
[mass noun]
- 1 the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses:the normal limits to human perception
- awareness of something through the senses:the perception of pain
- Psychology & Zoologythe neurophysiological processes, including memory, by which an organism becomes aware of and interprets external stimuli.
- 2 the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted:Hollywood's perception of the tastes of the American public[count noun] :we need to challenge many popular perceptions of old age
- intuitive understanding and insight:‘He wouldn’t have accepted, ' said my mother with unusual perception
The Mark scheme
Explanation/ analysis/argument (16-20 marks)
Candidates adapt their learning to the specific requirements of the
question in excellent fashion. The answer offers a clear, articulate
balance of media theories, knowledge of texts and industries and
personal engagement with issues and debates.
Use of examples (16-20 marks)
Examples of texts, industries and theories are clearly connected together
in the answer, with a coherent argument developed in response to the
question.
Use of terminology (8-10 marks)
Throughout the answer, material presented is informed by contemporary
media theory and the command of the appropriate theoretical language is
excellent.
Complex issues have been expressed clearly and fluently using a style of
writing appropriate to the complex subject matter. Sentences and
paragraphs, consistently relevant, have been well structured, using
appropriate technical terminology. There may be few, if any, errors of
spelling, punctuation and grammar.
