Examine sociological theories that explain the ethnic dimension to crime and deviance (21 marks) Recent statistics show that black people are five times more likely to be in prison than whites. Ethnic groups are heavily over represented in prisons. Waddington et al investigated whether ethnic groups were targeted by the police and whether they were treated unfairly. Waddington et al concluded that these ethnic minorities were stopped and searched more because they were out on the street at the
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APUSH Essay Even though the Chesapeake Bay Colonies and New England Colonies would share ethnic roots they would differ greatly in their development. With New England’s society centered on religion and Chesapeake Bay’s around profit both came to the new world with their own intentions. Other aspects in which these societies differed was in economy and social structure. However regardless of differences and similarities both colonies would find their own way to thrive. When it comes to
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The day I found out about my ethnicity was one of the worst days of my life‚ so far. It was only around 2 years ago and it started just like any other day‚ I was having a pretty good day. It seemed like nothing could possibly go wrong. However‚ little did I know‚ I was about to find out some information that will affect me for the rest of my life. First‚ I realize that the story will not make sense If I do not tell you a little about my childhood. When I was too young to remember anything‚ around
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Assess the view that ethnic differences in educational achievement are primarily the result of external factors. It has been found that someone’s ethnicity can have an effect on their educational achievement‚ as in 2006 73% of pupils of Indian origin gained 5 A*– C passes at GCSE compared with 56% of white and 47% of black pupils. It has been found that African students tend to underachieving in the educational system compared to others‚ with them being below average reading ability and tend to
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Contribution of engineer to economic development of Sri Lanka after the ethnic conflict Jayasuriya D.P 120258P Introduction Today Sri Lanka is an independent country. After the 30 year of war Sri Lanka is rising for the prosperity. Because of this war Sri Lanka couldn’t able to stand alone like a developed country. Engineers are mainly contributing to the development of Sri Lanka. * Benefits that gained after the war Sri Lanka faced a three decades of terrible war. It was started
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Ethnic-Sensitive Social Work Practice Framework vs. Value Orientation/Worldview Framework Changes in world demographics occasioned by globalization and other factors require people to work with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Failure to understand the importance of these differences could result in misunderstandings and conflicts. In addition‚ the evolving nature of social work requires practitioners to understand people’s view of the world. In most cases‚ the word “culture” is employed
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PLURALISM‚ CITIZENSHIP AND ETHNIC CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE BENUE VALLEY NIGERIA:TOWARDS A CIVILIZATION OF PEACE AND TOLERANCE. By Department of Rel. and Philosophy Benue State University‚ Makurdi. Nigeria. alloyihuah@yahoo.com ABSTRACT One of the most complex features of the Nigerian nation is its ethnic composition. Like very other African nation Nigeria labour under triple cultural heritage; euro-Christian tradition‚ arabico-islamic culture and the indigenous Nigeria thought system. These
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military service‚ and many more joined the army in the nation’s first peacetime draft‚ which occurred in 1941 as a precursor to the United States’s future involvement in the war. World War II also‚ however‚ had a profound impact on the lives of women and ethnic minorities in the United States. Because white men were the primary candidates of the draft‚ women and minorities were able to fill job openings that were created when over 1 million Americans went to fight the war. This was not true of Japanese-Americans
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Section A (Biographical Questionnaire) Table 1 Biographical information of elderly persons |Research participant |Age |Gender |Marital status |Occupation before |Health | | | | | |retirement | | |2 |3 |3 |Yes |5
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An Ethnic minority background increases your chances of arrest and conviction‚ some people argue that police racism in itself results in higher suspicion against black people in general. According to official statistics there are significant ethnic differences in the likelihood of being involved in the criminal justice system. Black and Asians are overrepresented in the system. For example black people make up 2.8% of the population‚ but 11% of the prison population. Contrastingly whites are underrepresented
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