ethnicity and crime

Question 1

What is the patterns and trends of stop and search?

Answer 1

-BAME 4 x more likely to be stopped and searched
- blck people 9x more likely

Question 2

what are the patterns and trends of section 60?

Answer 2

-blck people 8 x more be stopped and searched under section 60
-under section 1 black ppl were 4x more likely to be stopped and searched compared to white peoples

Question 3

what are the patterns and trends of use of force?

Answer 3

-black men 7x more likely than white men to die from police restraint
-“i can’t breathe ; race , death and british policing “
-taser use up by 73%

Question 4

patterns and trends with arrest

Answer 4

-black ppl 3x more likely
-29arrests every 1,000 and 9 arrests every 1,000 for white

Question 5

patterns and trends for prison

Answer 5

-BAME prisoners over represented in prison system
-28% from BAME IN 2022

Question 6

patterns and trends for victims

Answer 6

-mixed (19.5)
-black. (14.3)
-asian (14.9) victims of crime
-BAME likely to be victims of serious hate crime
-black ppl 4x more likely to be murdered

Question 7

reasons for ethnic differences in crime stats

Answer 7

-over policing in deprived areas means more arrests there
-institutional racism e.g labelling , targeting ethnic minority
-selective law enforcement
-ethnic getting harsher sentencing for similar crimes to white people,
- ethnic minorities more deprived , lack of ED
-apart of marginalised grps , feel excluded
-stereoptyoes and labelling, ethnic minorities end up accepting their labels
-lack of positive role models leads to sub cultures and status frustration

Question 8

1) what aspects of racial inequality has become worse since macpherson report?

Answer 8

-persistent gap between black and white adults has widened
-police force is underrepresented
-stop and search more disproportionately done w no adequate explanation

Question 9

2)what is meant by confidence gap?

Answer 9

-adults from black and mixed background less likely to get along w police compared to those of white or asian background

Question 9

3)what is evidence theres still a issue w policing of raicst incidents?

Answer 9

-more than 75,000 race related incidents reported by police in 2019/20
-alot of black women and men being treated as suspects of crime rather than victims

Question 10

4) is their enough representation of ethnic minorties in police? what is the issue

Answer 10

-BME only reprsent 7% across police force
-so theres more likely hostile interactions between community and police

Question 11

5)what is the issue w police misconduct and discipline?

Answer 11

-BME officers more than twice as likely to be dismissed than white officers

Question 12

6)why is stop and search more significant than 20yrs ago?

Answer 12

-black ppl more likely to be stop and searched (9x more likely)

Question 13

7)what are some of the recommendations for reducing inequality in stop and search

Answer 13

-establish ongoing scrunity, analysis
-estbalish tools and procedures that have impact on racial disparities