The murder of Stephen Lawrence and The Macpherson Report For the particular piece of coursework I have chosen to study the murder of Stephen Lawrence and The Macpherson Report within race and racism. This is because I think that this topic is a major factor within racism. The Stephen Lawrence murder has had such a significant change on the police force and also how we look at racism. Racism has become a massive factor in British society and is more dominant in the news than it used to be. The media has played a prominent part in the portrayal of racism, especially in the Stephen Lawrence case.
Over the course of their 40-year feud, more than 15,000 people have been murdered in an ongoing cycle of violence that continues unabated. Neighborhoods are staked out, and rigid boundaries are drawn; crossing a street or taking a wrong turn can mean death. Nearly a quarter of the region’s young men who survive the violence will end up in jail or prison. Three former gang members—Ron, Bird and Kumasi—recount their experiences growing up in the neighborhood in the 1950s, when segregation kept blacks and whites strictly separated, both by police-enforced neighborhood boundaries and in public organizations like the Boy Scouts. Young black males began forming their own groups, clubs where they could find a sense of belonging.
This paper will compare two metropolitan cities, in two different states, that have large populations and compare their murder rates. Additionally, this paper will discuss factors that may explain the rates in each city. Baltimore, Maryland, is considered a working class city with a strong history. The 2012 population was estimated to be approximately 621,342 people. In 2012, there were 218 murders in the Baltimore
Judge Marvin Arrington, a black judge in Atlanta, confirms that in Atlanta, African-Americans are 54 percent of the population, but are responsible for 100 percent of homicide, 95 percent of rape, 94 percent of robbery, 84 percent of aggravated assault, and 93 percent of burglary. Source: APD Uniform Crime Reports, Apr 2011 to Apr 2012. The real problem is the moral structure deterioration so prevalent around the country, not the skin pigmentation of our citizens. It is sad that more of our black citizens are not more upset about the realities of these statistics as the black citizens seem to be suffering the most acutely as
Walter tries to push forward the question “Should youth be trialled as adults?” to make the audience consider whether it is correct to hold minors in an adult prison and fact is that the USA Justice System incarcerates more youth than any other country in the world. This was found on (eji.org.eji.com). Steve Harmon is a 16 year old boy on trial for felony murder and he gets sent to an adult prison which is what Walter is trying to get us to think about, Whether it’s fair if Steve or any other minor should be in an adult prison at 16 years of age. The quote “The best time to cry is at night” that Walter had used at the start of the novel writing in Steve’s own words from inside the adult prison is to show the audience that it is not a nice nor safe place in there. This is because Steve was pointing out that if you made a noise in there or if anyone heard you crying they would immediately put all attention onto you as they would take you as a ‘whimp’.
STOP AND SEARCH DISCRIMINATION FOR ETHNIC MINORITY IN UK CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Racism thinking and practice still can be found in UK in the last decade, for example, in the criminal justice system. In the UK criminal justice system, stop and search is the early process that has a critical point whether somebody can be arrested for the next process or not. This short essay will explain the evidence of ethnic based bias for ethnic minority, particularly black people by police officers in the stop and search stage. Stop and search is the most critical points which police officers tend to discriminate ethnic minorities. The obvious examples in the past were when police officers have a power to arrest with ‘sus’ laws, under the 1824 Vagrancy Act (s4 and s6).
Support your opinions with references. You may use course material, but be specific. Personal experiences, etc. may be used to enhance your perspective to the question but they must be valid and relative to the subject matter. Your instructor will evaluate your posts using the Discussion Rubric (PDF).
The works cited page should include your interview(s) and any other outside source(s). You also need to use in-text citations whenever you quote or get information from your outside sources. Your handbook provides guidance on how to do this effectively, ethically, and correctly. EXAMPLES Your instructor will help you to distinguish feature articles from other types of articles. You’ll be looking at some feature articles in class, and there are student essay examples in this book.
Introduction In this extended task requiring research, I am going to discuss the care and learning needs of children, I am also going to evaluate these. I am going to discuss the importance of meeting the care needs and the learning needs of children as well. I aim to do this by carrying out research. I will research this by using books, internet and magazines. I will also look in journals to see if there is any important information that I can write as part of my research.
Topics will be selected by the student and agreed upon by the instructor. The topic must correlate to the subject material being taught. Since this class is comparative in nature, I expect the research paper to compare and contrast some aspect of the subject material. An example of a topic would be a comparison of the United States and Japan in regards to policing, corrections and the courts. I expect the student to use some research beyond what I have provided for the class.