Ethnicity And Crime Flashcards
What two perspectives focus on ethnicity and crime?
NEO-MARXISM
LEFT REALISM
What do Left realists see statistics as?
Real reflection of the differences in the levels of offending by different ethnic groups.
What do Marxists see statistics as?
Stats don’t reflect reality.
Its the process of SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION that STEREOTYPES ethnic minorities as INHERENTLY MORE CRIMINAL than the majority population.
What do left realists see as the main reasons why ethnic minorities commit crime?
- Relative deprivation
- Subculture
- Marginalisation
What Left realists do you need to know?
LEA AND YOUNG
What Marxists do you need to know? (2)
Gilroy
Hall et al
What is one response from ethnic minorities from relative deprivation?
The formation of DELINQUENT SUBCULTURES.
What other factor is there in explaining differences in offending according to Lea and Young?
Police act in racist ways.
However does not fully explain differences.
What stat do Lea and Young give to show that police racism
does not fully explain differences.?
90% of crimes are reported by the public.
What term did Gilroy coin?
“The Myth of black criminality”
What does the Myth of black criminality mean?
That the idea of black criminality is a myth based on racist stereotypes of Afro Caribbeans and Asians.
In Gilroy’s view why do ethnic minorities commit crime?
Its a form of political resistance against a racist society .
