Definitions
What is "lumping"?
Meaning that an injured party contends with the costs and consequences of injury without any significant attempt to hold the injurer responsible.
TRUE/FALSE, Are all painful events injuries?
False
TRUE/FALSE, Does class, gender, and gender identities impact an individuals' perceptions and understanding of law enforcement? Explain your answer briefly.
Yes
What is the naturalization of injuries?
When individuals feel as though their injuries are as a result of their actions or lived experience. Or in some cases inveitable.
TRUE/FALSE, Socio-economic status can impact how proactive an individual is.
TRUE. Research found that compared to workingclass children, middle-class children were more willing to ask teachers for assistance and interrupt them to seek help, as well as, middle-class undergraduates were both more proactive and more comfortable engaging college authority figures than were their lower-income counterparts.
Does the naturalization of injuries result in lumping?
Yes
What is legal cosciousness?
Legal consciousness refers to the way in which law is experiences and interpreted by specific individuals as they engage, avoid, or resist the law or legal meanings./ "commonsense understanding" of how the law works
TRUE/FALSE, Cultural capital does not influence mannerism.
FALSE. Cultural capital includes knowledge, skills, tastes, mannerisms, and interactional styles that can be parlayed into social advantage or power, shaping and being shaped by the class structure in societies.
What socio-economic group are personal injury cases typically utilized by?
What socio-economic group are they typically going against?
Personally injury claims unlike most legal actions, are usually broughr by the "have-nots" against the "haves". Nb// the affluent vs. the working class
What are "gateway interactions"?
Interactions between people from different social class backgrounds, that are crucial for well-being and social mobility, such as job interviews, college interviews and medical appointments.
TRUE/ FALSE, Is this a really good presentation? :)
TRUE <3
There are 2 ways of naturalizing injuries, name 1
1) Damage to body may be explained as a normal consequence of life cycle rather than a harm that could be avoided by taking precautions. (continously sitting in a chair and it ruins your posture & back)
2) Injuries result from risks that are viewed as a normal part of life, such as risk of falling down the stairs.