Part B: Essay Task

TOPIC 3: Race, ethnicity, crime and theory in Australia

The overarching theme in this essay should be around race/ethnicity, racial inequality, and intersections with crime in Australian context. In addition, you need to apply postcolonial theory to help you argue your points and to demonstrate an understanding of the topic. You have an option to select between a specific question to answer or a quote to interpret in a critical manner.
a) How can theory illuminate your understanding of the links between race/ethnicity and crime in Australian context?
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b) “Higher rates of offending in Indigenous communities can also be understood as a consequence of colonial processes...” (Pereira & Scott 2016 p. 333)