C+D ETHNICITY 6 Flashcards
SOCILOGICAL EXPLANATION WHY B.M.E MAY BE MORE CRIMINAL:
left realism: lea and young
difference in statistics are a result of real differences in offending. with racial discrimination In society, utilrian crime due to material and relative deprevation and non ultitian crime due to fustration towards society , marginalised
SOCILOGICAL EXPLANATION WHY B.M.E MAY BE MORE CRIMINAL:
lea and young believe police racism is not the cause of these differences
since 90% of crimes are reported by the pbilcia nd police would be selectively racist agasint black people but not asian
SOCILOGICAL EXPLANATION WHY B.M.E MAY BE MORE CRIMINAL:
neo marxism: Gilroy
BME commit no more crime than others, instead the difference in satsitcs are a result of racist policing as they act of racist stereotypes . BME come from former colonies where they resisted oppression, when they resisted racism in Britain it was colonised
SOCILOGICAL EXPLANATION WHY B.M.E MAY BE MORE CRIMINAL:
neo marxism : hall et al
their was a moral panic in 1970 about black men mugging, this is because capsiltism was in crisis and the powerful used this story to distract people of the problems of capitalism. so black people were not more criminal but victims of capislsim leading to black men unable to get jobs thus making them turn to crime.
a03 of hall et all neo marxism
not explain how moral panic was created of given evidence that capitalism was behind it . LEFT REALSIST argue the fear of mugging is not panicky but real
a03 of Gilroy neo marxist
lea and young critise him by saying the first gen of immigrants was very law abiding
a03 of lea and young left realists
arrest rates for asaisn may be lower than black people not because less likely to offend by police stereotypes are different. eg asian people seen as passive and black people seen as dangerous
ethnicity and victimisation:
racist victimisaition
when individuals is selected as a target because of their race, ethnicity or religion
ethnicity and victimisation:
racist incidents
any incident that is perceived to be racist by the victim or another person
ethnicity and victimisation:
racially or religiously aggravated offences
criminal damage, harassment, assuly. where the offender is motivated by hostility towards members of racial or religious group
racially motivated incidents decrease
38% sind 2018/19
a03 of ethnicity and victimisation
victims experience is not considered in official satistics
a02 stevent Lawrence murder1988
black British 18year old killed by group young white peoples at bus stop. 6 ssupsetcs arrested but not charged and private prosecution failed to secure convictions. McPherson inquiry found the force was insittuonally racist as officers interviewed used offensive terms to to describe black people and agreed the attack on Lawrence wasn’t racially motivated
a02 George floyd
arrested on suspicion of using fake $20 bill, force used to detain and died after 9 mins of suffocation, police involved fired and sparked world wide protests against police brutality, black lives matter mvomeemnt funded in 2013 revived due to this mruder and highlighted racal inequality and discrimination experienced by black people
synoptic link family: monhyan
lone parent family structure leads to inadequate socials ion, not taught crime is immoral, bme have high rate of lpf