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Social Evil. Homework. Research, analyse and evaluate the 2011 London riots. Alternatively Compare, contrast and evaluate the 1981 and 2011 London riots. INDIVIDUAL EVIL. Psychopathy. Psychosis. Ian Brady and Mira Hindley tortured, raped and murdered 5 children in 1963-65.
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Homework • Research, analyse and evaluate the 2011 London riots. Alternatively • Compare, contrast and evaluate the 1981 and 2011 London riots.
INDIVIDUAL EVIL Psychopathy Psychosis Ian Brady and Mira Hindley tortured, raped and murdered 5 children in 1963-65 Nicola Edgington, paranoid schizophrenic, killed 2 and attempted to kill 2 more in 2013
ACTS OF EVIL SOCIAL EVIL INDIVIDUAL EVIL Delinquency Psychopathy Dissent Psychosis
COLLECTIVE ILL WILL A group of people that feels that THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH SOCIETY Delinquency Dissent Constructive Response Destructive Response • Streetgangs, organised crime, drug trafficking etc. • Anti-social behaviour, violenceand criminality. • Protest and pressure groups, alternative cultures. • Social activism, campaigns, marches, publicity stunts, anti-social incidents.
SOCIAL EVIL THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH SOCIETY DISSENT DELINQUENCY • Has no positive message. • Aims at vindication and personal gain. • Has a positive message. • Aims to improve society. • The most widespread form of evil in society. • A socially valuable • form of protest
Teenage murders in London Latest victim: 18 Sept 2013 Kyle McDonald, aged 19
Homework • Choose your topic • Please DO NOT write an informative piece. • Please do write a CRITICAL ESSAY. • The purpose of a critical essay is to ARGUE A POINT. • You have to ARGUE that 2011 London riots were an outburst of delinquency, or a mass protest, or a mixture of both.
Essay Structure • Intro: the basic facts about the riots • Connection: “Below, I am going to argue that the riots were a form of protest in which violence was used to make a social point”. • Point – Evidence – Evaluation. “The riot was a reaction to the banking crisis. For example… Clearly, the riot was driven by a social agenda and sought redress for the greed of the City. • Conclusion: “The evidence above adds up to a convincing case that the riots vented the sense of injustice that was long simmering among the deprived sections of society.”