The Case of Stephen Lawrence

by | Mar 18, 2014 | Ethnicity

Read the story of Stephen Lawrence at the BBC website Use the story links on that site to find out why the Metropolitan Police were accused of incompetence. Who was the leader of the enquiry set up by the Home Secretary, and what did he find? What did the Home...

Something to Think About : Ethnicity

by | Mar 18, 2014 | Ethnicity

Question 1: Read carefully through the section on ethnic differences in the criminal justice system (pages 112-113), and find at least four reasons why ‘blacks are five times more likely to be in prison than whites’. Question 2: What is a ‘moral panic’? Suggest two...