ethnicity and crime

Question 1

what population of uk is black vs population in prison

Answer 1

3% of population yet make up 13% of the prison

Question 2

what 3 things do victim surveys say about race and crime

Answer 2

• most crimes are intra-ethnic no don’t take place between ethnic groups
• black ppl overrepresented in mugging
• e/m less likely to report being a victim of a crime

Question 3

what two things do self report surveys of crime say about race

Answer 3

• whites have higher rates for class A drugs
• 28% of black ppl vs 40% of whites committing crime in their lifetime

Question 4

ethnic minority cases more likely to be dropped than whites and less likely to be found guilty. what do Bowling and Phillips say about this

Answer 4

never enough evidence to prosecute since it is mainly based on racist stereotyping

Question 5

who says that cases are more likely to be dropped for ethnic minorities because its based on racist stereotyping

Answer 5

Bowling and Phillips

Question 6

Hood on criminal convictions (sentences)

Answer 6

even when’s seriousness of an offence and previous convictions are taken into account, black men 5x more likely to be jailed and prosecuted than whites

Question 7

what evidence was there from Stephen Lawrence case

Answer 7

• bragging about killing him on video footage and planning how they’d kill a black men

Question 8

what did Baroness Casey’s review find in 2023 - and what triggered this investigation into met police

Answer 8

Sarah Everard case
- internalised racism, homophobia, misogyinistic
- recommended building trust within London community
- a resistance to difference in the met

Question 9

what did 2014 data on police stop and searches say that suggested institutional racism

Answer 9

65 black, 23 asian vs 15 whites per thousand

Question 10

how can strain theory link to ethnicity and crime

Answer 10

ethnic minorities may find it harder to get jobs because they have to be hired by white mc ppl

Question 11

how can subcultural theory link to ethnicity and crime

Answer 11

due to lack of opportunities (less likely to be hired based on CV), they will turn to alternative status hierarchy and start deviant careers

Question 12

how can marxist theory link to ethnicity and crime

Answer 12

selective law enforcement - laws favour whites and so will be enforced more strictly to ethnic minorities

Question 13

how can Neo marxist theory link to ethnicity and crime

Answer 13

• statistics not reflecting reality but are a process of social construction so so ethnic minorities are stereotyped as inherently more criminal than rest of population

Question 14

Paul Gilroy on myth of black criminality

Answer 14

black criminality is a myth created by racist stereotypes
- denies cause of black crime being relative deprivation and instead sees it as a legacy of struggle against white dominance in former colonies

Question 15

who talks about myth of black criminality

Answer 15

Paul Gilroy

Question 16

Shaw and McKay on broken windows in inner cities

t— c——

Answer 16

inner city areas are transient communities - don’t develop social solidarity and new migrants don’t put down roots
- likely the communities are less likely to self-regulate than suburban or rural communities - more likely to have broken windows

Question 17

Why are Afro-Caribbean’s more likely to be in underclass

Answer 17

Single parent households - inadequate socialisation - absent father roel models - workless welfare dependant culture