CCJ 215 1st Edition Lecture 6 Current LectureFour stages in the social construction process 1. The physical world 2. Competing social construction 3. Media as social construction 4. Winning social constructionClaims Makers - One of the concepts that are basic to the social construction process - Are promoters activists, professional experts, and spokespersons- They have a particular point of view - Make specific claims about a social problem or condition - Help shape our sense of what the social problem is Reasons from claims making - To identify and organize people - To educate the general public - To approach policy makers to make change Factual Claims - Statements that purport to describe the world and what happened - Put forth as objective, true “ facts ”Interpretative claims - Statement that focus on the meaning of events - Offer an explanation of why the world is us described or offer a course of action Linkage- the association of the social construction effort with another previously accepted construction so that the significance of the first construction is connected to the later frames are fully developed social construction Five Crime and Justice Frames- Faculty criminal justice systems frames- frame that holds that crime results from leniency and inefficiency in the criminal justice system - Block opportunities frame- frame that holds that crime stems from a consequence of inequality and discrimination - Social break down frame- Frame that depicts crime us a consequence of the disintegration of the family and the community - Racist system frame- Frame that focuses on the criminal justice system rather thanon crime - Violent media frame- Frame that focuses on crime and social violence a consequence of violence in the