Wednesday, January 16. 2019

Today's schedule is BADC

B Block Criminology - Today we'll continue our look at the Russell Williams case from 2010. Yesterday in class we watched the CBC Fifth Estate documentary "Above Suspicion" and it reflected the Canadian coverage of the case. Today we'll look at the American coverage of the case, specifically the CBS 48 Hours Hard Evidence documentary: "Name, Rank, Serial Killer" and/or the NBC Dateline documentary "Conduct Unbecoming". We'll look at the "Cross Border Crime Stories" handout I gave you and after watching the episode perhaps you'll have a better grasp on the differences between our two legal cultures when it comes to crime coverage in the media. The biggest difference is the limitations on what can be reported about criminal prosecutions. Consider the differences in what was reported and how it was reported.


Remember Schadenfreude? Russell Williams was a heavy weight in the Canadian military. He was a powerful person who "fell from grace" which is part of what made his murders of Marie France Comeau and Jessica Lloyd a "newsworthy" crime story.

I have two questions for you to answer:

1. How did the Canadian and American coverage of the Russell Williams case differ? Use the NBC Dateline episode "Conduct Unbecoming" as well as the Fifth Estate episode "Above Suspicion" as your sources of information.
2. Do you think the news coverage of Col. Russell Williams' sentencing was too sensational? Do you think the court was right to release so much information and that the Canadian press were right to publish it all, or do you think that there is such a thing as too much information, and that there are some details we really don’t need to know? (Watch the following CBC story to help...

A & D Blocks Human Geography - Today we'll look at the key question "Where Are People Distributed Within Urban Areas"? We'll look at three North American models of urban development: The concentric zone model; the sector model; and the multiple nuclei model. I'll have you annotate information about the three models in your Week 17-18 package...



I'll also have you look at the differences between North American, European and Latin American city development.



For Latin American city models, the "elite spine" and squatter settlements check out:





You have some questions to complete for me:

1. Describe the elite spine sector developed in Latin American cities.
2. What are the causes of squatter settlement?
3. Define squatter settlements.
4. Describe services and amenities in a typical squatter settlement.
5. Cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America resemble European cities in their structure.  This is not a coincidence because….