social evil. homework research, analyse and evaluate the 2011 london riots. alternatively compare,...

Social Evil

Homework

• Research, analyse and evaluate the 2011 London riots.

Alternatively• Compare, contrast and evaluate the 1981 and

2011 London riots.

Psychosis

INDIVIDUAL EVIL

Psychopathy

Nicola Edgington, paranoid schizophrenic, killed 2 and

attempted to kill 2 more in 2013

Ian Brady and Mira Hindley tortured, raped and murdered 5 children in

1963-65

Psychosis

INDIVIDUAL

EVIL

Psychopathy

SOCIAL

EVIL

DissentDelinquency

ACTS OF EVIL

COLLECTIVE ILL WILL

DissentDelinquency

A group of people that feels thatTHERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH SOCIETY

Destructive Response Constructive Response

• Street gangs, organised crime, drug trafficking etc.

• Anti-social behaviour, violence and criminality.

• Protest and pressure groups, alternative cultures.

• Social activism, campaigns, marches, publicity stunts, anti-social incidents.

Delinquency or Dissent?

Delinquency or Dissent?

Delinquency or

Dissent?

Delinquency or Dissent?

Delinquency or Dissent?

Delinquency or Dissent?

Delinquency or Dissent?

Delinquency or Dissent?

SOCIAL EVIL

DISSENTDELINQUENCY

THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH SOCIETY

• Has no positive message.

• Aims at vindication and personal gain.

• Has a positive message.

• Aims to improve society.

• A socially valuable form of protest

• The most widespread form of evil in society.

Latest victim: 18 Sept 2013Kyle McDonald, aged 19

Teenage murders in London

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.”