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 Secretary promise to do? The article calls Stephen Lawrence ‘Britain’s Rodney King’. See the photo and caption on page 110 … [Read more...]
Something to Think About : 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 other examples you have learned about. … [Read more...]