Ethnicity And Crime

Question 1

Phillips and bowling

Answer 1

Many officers hold negative stereotypes about minority ethnic groups as criminals, which leads them to deliberately target them for stop and search

Question 2

Macpherson report

Answer 2

The Macpherson report on the police investigation on the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence exposed the instutitional racism in the Metropolitan Police.

Question 3

Arrest rate for blacks

Answer 3

Arrest rate for blacks is three times the amount for whites in the UK.

Question 4

Lea and Young

Answer 4

They argue that the ethnic minorities in society such as black youth are the most relatively deprived and marginalised groups and as a result form deliquent subcultures which lead them to commit more crime than any other ethnic minority.

Question 5

Factors affecting victimisation

Answer 5

Being young, male and unemployed are strongly linked with victimisation.

Question 6

Statistics on being a victim

Answer 6

People from mixed ethnic backgrounds have a higher rate of becoming a victim of crime (27.9%) than any other ethnic minority groups.