2011 English Riots

The author should use stronger evidence to prove that geography is another determinant for riots to occur at particular places. In the article, the author used statistical evidence describing the neighborhoods as the poorest and most deprived areas, using the multiple deprivation map and research from Alex Singleton as a source. However, the author should describe these impoverished areas in-depth. For instance, the author should explain the average household income, the poverty rate, the crime rate, and the vacancy rate for the article, using published research. Also, the author should study other devastating riots that occurred in history with context to geographical location. For the article,the author should have compared the 1967 Detroit
The author should have researched the history and the geography to show the audience that poverty and inequality are the primary reasons for these two riots to occur, as analogical evidence. The author should use better evidence to support the reasons for riots to occur in particular areas because of poverty. The author explains the psychological reasons for why people riot based on substantial evidence. The article contains strong testimonial evidence that a large crowd had caused people to participate the 2011 English Riots. The author used published research from psychologist Chris Frith that emotional contagion is an unconscious mechanism of transmissions between people, which brings people forming a strong alliance. The author used this concept to support that riots occur when social contagion becomes higher than an emotional state, and many people show synchronized behaviors. Also, the author explains large crowd gives anonymity to many people. For instance, social media had brought people made a safer decision to join the 2011 English Riots. Today, the use of social media has brought many people participating similar events, including the 2017 Charlottesville Riots and the Berkeley Riots.