Ethnicity

Question 1

What was the Macphearson report?

Answer 1

Stephen Lawrence was murdered by a group of white youths in 1977.
A report on the case concluded that the investigation had been ‘marred by a combination of professional incompetence, institutional racism and a failure of leadership’.
The entire police force was criticised.

Question 2

What does Hall talk about? (Neo-Marxism)

Answer 2

Institutional racism
- 1970s street crime by black youth in London
- the newspapers created moral panic, promoting racism and distracting the public from political and economic problems

Question 3

What does Gilroy talk about? (Neo-Marxism)

Answer 3

The ‘myth of black criminality’
- statistical differences in recorded crime between ethnic groups due to police stereotyping and racist labelling
- ethnic minority crime can be seen as political resistance

Question 4

What does Murray talk about? (Right Realism)

Answer 4

Inadequate Socialisation
- nuclear family being undermined by the welfare state
eg. black lone-mother families don’t socialise kids effectively

Question 5

What does Holdaway talk about?

Answer 5

Canteen Culture
- derogatory language, jokes and banter between white officers in police stations
- Crompton Report 2005 - failed to tackle racist culture

Question 6

What 2 things do Lea & Young talk about? (Left Realism)

Answer 6

Relative deprivation
Marginalisation

Question 7

What does Cicourel talk about?

Answer 7

Negotiation of Justice

Question 8

What does Matza talk about?

Answer 8

Typifications