ETHNICITY AND CRIME Flashcards
What is the Phillips and browning quotes on the relationship between ethnicity and crime
They are ‘over policed and under protected’
Give two facts on ethnicity and crime
Black people are 7 times more likely to be stop and searched than white people.
Black people make up 10% of the prison population despite representing 2.8 of the general population
What the Macpherson report (1999)
An inquest following the death of young black male Stephen Lawrence when rasicm in the police force was confirmed
According to Stewart, when did criminalisation of black people begin?
In the 1970s, when the police selectively released statistics implying young black people were more likely to be responsible for street robbery than any other race.
What did the selectively released statistics on Black people cause?
A moral panic. The young black people were seen as the folk devil. As moral entrepreneurs such as politicians used them as a scapegoat distracting the population away from the real reasons for crime such as unemployment.
What does neo-Marxist Gilroy claim black criminality is
An act of political resistance against racist society and reflects the early struggles in British imperialism for ethnic minoritys. Their political resistance and consequently be criminalised by the government
Give a critique on the view that black criminality is a product of political resistance
Lea and young claim that first generation immigrants in 50s/60s had very low crime rates so it is unlikely they passed on anti colonial struggle to their children
