Stop And Search Analysis
Stop and Search The macro level is able to affect pre-emptive measures in the micro level which are promoted by the culture of fear from the government and support of the media. In order to prevent the risk of future terrorist attack, punitive pre-emption measurements were taken by recreating the exaggeration image of future attacks (Walklate and Mythen, 2014). Stop and Search in the UK were actually established in 1984 under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act which were formed due to the disorder in British cities. In 1994, under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act police were allowed to carry out the activity randomly if they suspect there are commotions about to occur. It was argued that the use of stop and search
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The main purpose of the counter-terrorism act is to protect all UK citizens from future terrorist attacks. However, the minority felt that the measures created partial surveillances and security where it benefitted majorly for the Whites. This can be debated due to the statistics shown above where Asians are more prone to be screened. Since 7/7 was conducted by Muslims of the citizen, the government increased severe surveillances towards the minority in the community, especially for young Muslim British man. It is unfair for the Muslim community in Britain where they need to make changes just to avoid the hate crime that they might encounter such as violence. They are targeted as a risky subjectification where they were being judged as being dangerous based on the skin colour and appearance. Thus, they felt that every movement they made are being watch and restricted. They have to check and hush such as covering their beard and refrain from going out at night. Responsibilization is necessary to protect own selves since security provided by the local police were insufficient (Mythen, Walklate and Khan, 2012). It is possible for police institutions to abuse power due to the unpredictable of terrorist attacks, thus it makes them have the power to stop anyone especially Asians. This practices may also be due to the cop culture where the negatives information being spread in the institutions. This can be especially alarming if negative were being passed down from the higher position to the lower (Mythen, 2008). According to the Corcoran, Lader and Smith (2015, pp.
The main purpose of the counter-terrorism act is to protect all UK citizens from future terrorist attacks. However, the minority felt that the measures created partial surveillances and security where it benefitted majorly for the Whites. This can be debated due to the statistics shown above where Asians are more prone to be screened. Since 7/7 was conducted by Muslims of the citizen, the government increased severe surveillances towards the minority in the community, especially for young Muslim British man. It is unfair for the Muslim community in Britain where they need to make changes just to avoid the hate crime that they might encounter such as violence. They are targeted as a risky subjectification where they were being judged as being dangerous based on the skin colour and appearance. Thus, they felt that every movement they made are being watch and restricted. They have to check and hush such as covering their beard and refrain from going out at night. Responsibilization is necessary to protect own selves since security provided by the local police were insufficient (Mythen, Walklate and Khan, 2012). It is possible for police institutions to abuse power due to the unpredictable of terrorist attacks, thus it makes them have the power to stop anyone especially Asians. This practices may also be due to the cop culture where the negatives information being spread in the institutions. This can be especially alarming if negative were being passed down from the higher position to the lower (Mythen, 2008). According to the Corcoran, Lader and Smith (2015, pp.