Ogbu and the debate on educational achievement: an exploration of the links between education, migration, identity and belonging

This paper looks at some of the issues raised by Ogbu’s work in relation to the education of different minority ethnic groups. Ogbu poses questions such as the value attached to education, its links to the future and its measurable outcomes in terms of ‘success’ as experienced by black participants. The desire for better life chances leads families to consider migration to a new country or resettlement within the same country, thus making migration both a local and a global phenomenon. As an example, attention is drawn to the situation facing South Asian children and their families in the UK. In terms of ethnicity and belonging, the wider question that is significant for many countries in the West after ‘Nine-Eleven’ is the education of Muslim children. A consideration of this current situation throws Ogbu’s identification of ‘autonomous minority’ into question. It is argued that a greater understanding of diverse needs has to be accompanied by a concerted effort to confront racism and intolerance in schools and in society, thus enabling all communities to make a useful contribution and to avoid the ‘risk’ of failure and disenchantment

Notes on a scandal: the official enquiry into deviance and corruption in New Zealand police

Since 2004, the New Zealand Police Service has been engulfed by a series of scandals relating to allegations that officers have committed rape and sexual assault and conducted inappropriate sexual relations with vulnerable people. Moreover, it has been claimed that other officers engaged in corrupt practices to thwart the investigation and prosecution of criminal behaviour of police officers. In 2007, a Commission of Inquiry report established a program of reform intended to shape the future direction of the police service. This article provides an overview of these scandals, the context in which they have emerged, and the political and policing response to them. The analysis contained in the Commission report is compared with that offered by comparable investigations of police deviance and corruption in other countries. The methodological and conceptual limitations of the Commission are outlined and the prospects of the recommendations are considered

The re-professionalization of the police in England and Wales

In this article contemporary police claims to professional status are analysed and related to a new structure of police regulation in England and Wales. It is argued that the notion of the police as a profession is not new and, unlike police and academic commentary, analysis of this subject, should draw on sociological understandings of professions. The wider policy context within which claims to professionalisation are made is also considered. It is argued that a new, loosely-coupled system of regulation has been developed in England and Wales. Policing’s professional body, the College of Policing, is central to this regulatory framework that has placed government at a distance from constabularies and police representative associations. Finally, some of the consequences of the hybrid system are considered and benefits of the framework of analysis proposed are discussed

Enhancing Community Resilience: Assessing the Role That Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Law Enforcement (LEA) Staff Associations and Networks Can Play in the Fight Against Radicalisation

This chapter discusses the concept of community resilience and explains it in the context of the fight against radicalisation and CVE. Adopting Michael Ungar’s (American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 81:1–17, 2011) definition of resilience, the chapter argues that resilience is not the attribute of a community but the end product of a process whereby identified community capabilities (e.g. willingness to address problems) are harnessed and supported by culturally sensitive resources offered by culturally aware and capable service providers in which the community has trust and confidence. It is argued that the community will naturally navigate to such resources and that resilience will occur because the community is empowered to negotiate and work in partnership with the resource providers to address the adversity (i.e. problem of radicalisation/CVE). The chapter also acknowledges the important role that British Black, Asian and minority police officer staff associations and networks have been playing in engaging with and helping minority ethnic communities in the UK, including addressing issues of radicalisation, and argue that this valuable resource within the British LEA is undermined by very low numbers of BAME officers in counterterrorism activities

Lettre de D. L. Macpherson à A. Morris sur un article dans le Mail qui favorise la candidature de Morris dans le comté de Toronto-Est

4 pages, originalLettre de D. L. Macpherson à [Alexander] Morris sur : un article dans le Mail qui favorise la candidature de Morris [dans le comté de Toronto-Est]; l'élection assurée du candidat conservateur; la possibilité de conserver le siège aussi longtemps qu'il le désire; des discussions entre Macpherson et des membres du parti au sujet de la candidature de Morris

Lettre de D. L. Macpherson à A. Morris sur la nomination du candidat du comté de Toronto-Est

8 pages, originalLettre de D. L. Macpherson à [Alexander] Morris sur : la nomination du candidat du comté de Toronto-Est; la victoire probable de Morris; la nécessité pour Morris de déménager à Toronto; la question de la chefferie du Parti Conservateur en Ontario; les dépenses électorales prévues; la possibilité d'obtenir un poste du Gouvernement si [Oliver] Mowat est battu

Lettre de D. L. Macpherson à A. Morris sur une discussion à propos de la nomination probable de Morris comme candidat du Parti Conservateur dans le comté de Toronto-Est

7 pages, originalLettre de D. L. Macpherson à [Alexander] Morris sur : une discussion à propos de la nomination probable de Morris comme candidat du Parti Conservateur dans le comté de Toronto-Est; l'unité du parti dans ce comté; l'idée de courtiser le vote catholique à l'aide d'une lettre écrite par l'archévêque [A.-A.] Taché à l'archévêque [J. .J.] Lynch; l'effet bénéfique des attaques contre Morris dans le Globe

Lettre de D. L. Macpherson à A. Morris sur une suggestion à Morris de se présenter dans le comté de Toronto-Est lors des prochaines élections

4 pages, originalLettre de D. L. Macpherson à [Alexander] Morris sur : une suggestion à Morris de se présenter dans le comté de Toronto-Est lors des prochaines élections

Lettre de D. L. Macpherson à Alexander Morris sur la retraite de Morris

4 pages, originalLettre de D. L. Macpherson à [Alexander] Morris sur : la retraite de Morris; l'objection de [W. R.] Meredith; la lutte difficile qui aura lieu dans le comté de Toronto-Est lors des prochaines élections; la probabilité qu'il y ait déjà des candidats dans le comté de Simcoe-Sud