Ethnicity

Question 1

In 2013, Black groups were…

Answer 1

• 2x as likely get a police caution than white people
• 3x as likely to be arrested than white people
• 5x as likely to be sent to prison than white people

Question 2

Asian groups are…

Answer 2

• more likely to be charged when arrested than white people

- more likely spend longer in prison if sent there than white people

Question 3

2019 Criminal Justice statistics show that people from BAME…

Answer 3

made up 16% of the population but 27% of those in prison

Question 4

Gilroy (1982) (Neo-Marxism)

Answer 4

Black crime is political action in the face of repression

Question 5

Criticism of Gilroy (Neo-Marxism)

Answer 5

Gilroy imposes his own interpretation of the meaning of black crime when he describes it as a political act against oppressors.

Question 6

Hall et al (1978) (Neo-Marxism)

Answer 6

Crisis of hegemony- Britain was facing an economic and political crisis which threatened the dominance of the ruling class ideology. 
Black crime is often committed against other black or poor people so it's hard to see it as a political act against oppressors.

Question 7

Criticism of Hall et al (Neo-Marxism)

Answer 7

The crisis of hegemony of the 1970s no longer exists.

Question 8

How was moral panic used to justify more repressive and aggressive policing towards the black communities, like repeated stop searches? (Neo-Marxism)

Answer 8

Media presented an image of ‘black mugger’ which promoted the idea that black people were more prone to crime. This developed a moral panic.
- ‘black mugger’ became a scapegoat for all societies problems.