I was particularly interested in the fact that women would also use hypermasculinity to prove themselves in similar situations. I can think of examples of this in my own experience, but I've never thought of it this way before. Do you believe that women are less likely to be criminalized for hypermasculine behavior? Specifically, how do you think it would differ? #so345

This chapter reminded me of some of the kids I grew up with who would act out in school a lot. My mom works in a school and talks about kids doing this stuff a lot too. Teachers and other adults wouldn't understand why they would do stupid things to get in trouble. Now I see that it was a way for them to have some semblance of control over the situation. If they're going to be criminalized anyway, why not make a point of it and save their dignity. I want to explain this chapter to my mom. #so345

One of the most frustrating things from chapter 4 for me is how little it seems people try to help the boys despite claiming that they are. The police treat making them paranoid as an amusing cat-and-mouse game, teachers don't take the kids seriously and the community centers (whose whole mission is to help "at-risk" youths get better) also further criminalize them because that is more profitable. So what's the point? Do they claim to help kids at risk just to boost their own labels? #so345

In chapter 1, the "Shadowing Marginalized Youth" section was really important to me. I think it is absolutely necessary to have more studies like this one that focus on the perspectives of youth in marginalized and criminalized situations. Because they are young, it is often assumed that they can't be experts on things like control and punishment, but they're the ones that experience it. They're the only ones that can explain what it is really like. More people need to recognize that. #so345

The comparison shown in the Daily Show video really proved how easily institutionalized racism and go under the radar. I would have noticed it to an extent without the comparison, but to see the difference in how white, wealthy men on Wall Street were treated in comparison to lower paid black teachers for similar things really puts it into more perspective. Do you think it would help to have more representation of this in entertainment media? I think it may be more recognizable then. #so345

The point made in the article about being released on bail stood out to me. I had already been thinking about the financial disparities in wealthy vs poor defendants and who would be more likely to be able to pay the bail, but I had not previously thought about the access to resources. The poorer defendant wouldn't be able to gather witnesses and evidence to aid in their defense, subjecting them to a harder situation (p. 126). I think this is an important aspect of it to keep in mind. #so345

The documentary showed how impactful media is in the labeling of deviant groups. Especially the language that they use. Positive and negative connotations surrounding issues that are often associated with certain races or other groups has a big impact. How/if they create that association too. Then more recently, social media makes it easier for the public to access less filtered images/videos of violence against people of color. It's easier for people to form opinions with less bias. #so345

The example of Jerome ordering the elderly homeless man to move stood out to me. He used more forceful control to protect the man and his own group from the forceful control the police would use with them, which seems contradictory. It's also a situation where formal and informal control are intertwined; Jerome is only using the informal control out of fear of the formal control. Again, complex. #so345

The discussion of marked/unmarked identities was very interesting to me. Brekhus mentioned how non-white racial identities and immigrants can have marked identities, but that made me think about the difference between white vs non-white immigrants. In the US, white immigrants are most often treated better than non-white immigrants. Both are still marked but certain combinations of characteristics change their identity. Does this show that there is a level of markedness? #so345

The theory of office was interesting, especially Tanya's quote about judging people in order to effectively deal with customers (128). I find myself judging people almost constantly, and I don't like doing that because 'judging' has a bad connotation, but I never mean for it to be negative judgement of people. Like Tanya, it helps me navigate socializing; I need to be able to predict people's actions and character to be comfortable. Now I know it's to label who is/isn't deviant. #so345