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The Cannibal on Bus 1170 : Rethinking Moral Panics /

When Vincent Li murdered and then cannibalized 22-year-old Tim McLean on a Greyhound Bus heading for Winnipeg, the shock waves ran through Canadian society. But when Li was found unfit to face trail and later released, shock turned to outrage and triggered a social media moral panic. This film looks...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ShortCuts TV (Firm)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : ShortCuts TV, [2019]
Subjects:
Crime.
Criminology.
Deviant behavior.
Social control.
Social structure.
Sociology.
Sociology
Social Control, Formal
Criminology
Criminologie.
Contrôle social.
Structure sociale.
Sociologie.
Crime
Deviant behavior
Social control
Social structure
Short films
Educational films
Internet videos
Educational films.
Short films.
Feature films.
Films éducatifs.
Courts métrages.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:When Vincent Li murdered and then cannibalized 22-year-old Tim McLean on a Greyhound Bus heading for Winnipeg, the shock waves ran through Canadian society. But when Li was found unfit to face trail and later released, shock turned to outrage and triggered a social media moral panic. This film looks at the social reaction to Tim McLean's murder and how it challenged the conventional sociological model of how moral panics are generated.
Item Description:Originally released by ShortCuts TV, 2019.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on February 01, 2019.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (7 min., 12 sec)) : sound, color.
Audience:9 - 12, Academic/AP