Crime and punishment

Last year, london has the large-scale riots in 6th August. Riots in the london hit inner-city Tottenham, suburban Ealing, gritty Hackney, and chic Notting Hill. Windows were smashed, video cameras stolen, cars set ablaze. Young men congregated on street corners and charged the police. Riots followed across the country, from Bristol to Nottingham and Manchester.

What causes lead to the occurrence of riots? I think this is a very serious topic, there are many reason of riots. Firstly, Social and economic inequality. For example , Tottenham has a population of 225,500,  the extent of poverty ranked fourth in all 33 London boroughs ,and ranked 13th in the whole of England . According to official data in the region , 55 percent of local residents are poorest populations at the All England. Secondly, high rates of youth unemployment. This is clearly an event with far deeper causes.

The Guardian reported that "With rising unemployment , government spending cuts , youth activity centers and other community services were forced to suspend or downsizing , young people increasingly feeling of social exclusion , crime rates continued to rise."  Another reason is that the racial and cultural differences.

About 48.7% harringay residents of non - white British , higher than the UK average . London 's non-white British proportion of 40.2% ; in the whole of England and Wales , this proportion was only 13%.

 

Some of them were quite young in the riots, and the punishment is appropriate for young people.Of more than 1,800 people arrested in connection with the riots, more than 500 have already appeared in court. Collective punishment than to educate them, and let them know the seriousness of the riots. a 17-year-old minor, has been sentenced with “120 hours community service, a 12-month youth rehabilitation order and observe a curfew between 7pm and 6am for three months” for writing three sentences of support for the rioters on Facebook.

 

 

 

Reference:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/29/riots-deeper-roots-poverty-alienation/print

http://www.mediaite.com/online/sign-of-the-times-uk-youths-who-wrote-about-riots-on-facebook-are-hit-with-bans-and-jail-terms/

http://select.yeeyan.org/view/237685/211705