Differential Enforcement Flashcards
1
Q
Not everyone who commits an offence is…
A
Punished for it
2
Q
What depends on certain factors?
A
Whether a person is arrested, charged and convicted
3
Q
What do Labelling Theorists argue that Social Control agencies do?
A
Label certain groups as criminal
4
Q
Who found police decisions to arrest were based on stereotypical ideas about manner, dress and CAGE?
A
Pillivian and Briar (1964)
5
Q
What do official police stats tell us about young black men?
A
They are 7x more likely than white males to be stopped and searched
(Asians - 5x)
6
Q
AO3
A
- Gives criminals a victim status
- Arrested because of police judging them as typical criminal
- Ignored real victims who had property stolen or been assaulted
