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Crime, Order and Social Control - for iPad/Mac/PC

The Open Universitywww3.open.ac.uk
Have you ever been the victim of crime? Are you fearful of rising crime rates? Crime is one of contemporary society's most pressing social problems - how should we respond to it? This album visits various communities in the UK to explore issues of criminal justice and the introduction of possibly controversial crime control initiatives such as restorative justice, which involves offenders meeting their victims. It also looks at schemes tackling problems of racial violence and other anti-social behaviours. This material forms part of The Open University course D315 Crime, order and social control.
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Episodes

The killing of Stephen Lawrence

How the brutal murder of a teenager in 1993 uncovered institutional racism, and became the driving force to improve race relations and criminal justice law in Britain.

Dec 14, 200912 min

Transcript -- The killing of Stephen Lawrence

Transcript -- How the brutal murder of a teenager in 1993 uncovered institutional racism, and became the driving force to improve race relations and criminal justice law in Britain.

Dec 14, 2009

Taking racial abuse seriously

How a new easier-to-prove offence allows the courts to deal more effectively with perpetrators of racial harassment.

Dec 14, 20096 min

Improving police procedures

Plumstead police's efforts to provide higher quality of service to the victims of racial incidents.

Dec 14, 20094 min

Police and the community

How community relations schemes are now an important aspect of police officer training programmes.

Dec 14, 200911 min

Crime and community safety

How social policies such as the Rock Challenge programme empower youth to have fun without drug-taking, thereby preventing crime.

Dec 14, 20097 min

Anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOS)

An ASBO police co-ordinator explains what this powerful piece of legislation is and how it can be used as a crime-reduction strategy.

Dec 14, 20099 min

Gated communities

Why the rise in gated communities, and are they a valid answer to crime reduction?

Dec 14, 200912 min

Reshaping communities

Conclusions about the struggle for both urban and rural order in different parts of Scotland.

Dec 14, 20093 min
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