According to Newsweek on the view of social reason leading to criminal violence, the author stand was, “Rates of criminal violence are higher in mobile and heterogenous societies where it is hard to put down roots and establish the social glue that binds people into a community.” The author is thus showing that with a country with lots of different culture involve, it can lead to high rate of criminal violence. This is mainly due to the moving of the people in and out of the United States of America. This is applicable to Singapore where in 2002, there was almost bombing in Singapore due to the JI member coming into Singapore. This had been prevented by the police. Yet the threat is there as Singapore is an open society where people are moving in and out of the country. This has caused Singapore to be a major threat to criminal violence. However, this is still an over generalization that people moving in and out of Singapore leads to criminal violence in Singapore. This is because even if Singapore is closed, there will be crime occurring. Also, foreigners do not always come to commit crime in Singapore but rather to work and to tour the country.
According to New York time also on the view of social reason leading to criminal violence, the author stand was that discrimination to certain race in the country will lead to criminal violence. This is applicable to Singapore as that Singapore is a multi racial and religious country. This is seen in the Maria Hertogh riot in 1950 in Singapore. This is fueled by the Malays because they felt that the judge who preside over the case of the custody of Maria Hertogh as being bias to their religion. This is because the court denies the marriage of Maria Hertogh as she was still underage where in the Malays, she is eligible to marry. Also, they placed Maria Hertogh in a convent which they seen as not respecting their religion. Thus, the riot was fueled which lead to the injury of Eurasians in Singapore. But still, in Singapore, the government had been active to reduce racial and religious tension by having minority representation in the parliament through the use of GRCs. Also, not any race is given special rights or privileges; HDB has a quota which requires a specific numbers of each race to stay in it. Thus, this is still not really a problem to Singapore.
Thus, according to Newsweek, it is much more applicable than New York time to Singapore context in the context of social.
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benjamin, your organisation is largely clear but you need to be clearer in your elaboration.
ReplyDeleteThis had been prevented by the police. Yet the threat is there as Singapore is an open society where people are moving in and out of the country. This has caused Singapore to be a major threat to criminal violence.
who are these people you are referring to? how are they linked to crime?
This is seen in the Maria Hertogh riot in 1950 in Singapore. This is fueled by the Malays because they felt that the judge who preside over the case of the custody of Maria Hertogh as being bias to their religion. This is because the court denies the marriage of Maria Hertogh as she was still underage where in the Malays, she is eligible to marry. Also, they placed Maria Hertogh in a convent which they seen as not respecting their religion. Thus, the riot was fueled which lead to the injury of Eurasians in Singapore.
your entire argument is premised on something that happened in the past. what about the present?