Law and public disorder article

Read the article to the end.

List (bullets) the methods the police can now use to deal with public disorder.

Answer the following using supporting evidence:

- What are the reasons given for the police using such methods?

- What are the arguments against this?

- Is the report biased or unbiased?

- What are the key messages and values given by the report?

- Do you think the article would start and social or moral panics?

Look at the images:

1. - Do the images of the rioters refer to any particular social group?

2. - Is this a fair representation of the content of the article?

3. What impressions do you get of the police from the images selected?

4. As a young person in British society, how do you feel about this article?

5. - If you were a reporter, would you do anything differently? Explain.

6. - Who do you think is the target audience for this article?

7. - Is it a fair representation of the social groups discussed?