Ethnicity and Crime

Question 1

What is the official view of ethnicity and crime according to o/s?

Answer 1

Black people maek up just 3% of the population, but 13.1% of the prison population

Asians make up 6.5% of the population, but 7.7% of the prison population

Question 2

Explain why relative deprivation and marginalisation might lead to crime?

Answer 2

although people are better off today, they have a greater feeling of relative depriavtion because of the media + advertising have raised everyones expectations for material possessions

Question 3

What does Murray mean by the ‘underclass’?

Answer 3

the crime is increasing because of a growing underclass or ‘new rabble’ who are defined by their deviant behaviour and also fail to socialise their children properly

Question 4

Why might lone parenting lead to greater criminality?

Answer 4

the parent could steal more for their family to be financial okay as it only one parent working

Question 5

What reason does Hall suggest for the moral panic about black street crime?

Answer 5

note that there was no evidene of a significant increase in this crime at the time migging was soon associated by the media, police and politicians with black youth

Question 6

What are the possible consequences of over-policing black youth in the inner city?

Answer 6

Amplification Spiral Theory result to more crime

Question 7

What is Hegenomy?

Answer 7

It’s an idea and values of the ruling class that dominate thinking society

Question 8

What do New Left Realists believe in?

Answer 8

1. Relative Deprivation (feel poor in relation to others)
2. Marginalisation (pushed to the edge)
3. Subcultures

Question 9

What do New Right Realists believe in?

Answer 9

1. Rational Choice
2. Inadequate Socialisation
3. Biological differences

Question 10

What is the Chivalry Thesis?

Answer 10

it shows that women are treated leaniently at every stage within the Criminal justice System

Question 11

Identitfy two reasons why police recorded crime may not give a true representation of female criminality (4 marks)

Answer 11

Self-report studies show a different picture as 2:33 men are more likely to admit to crimes than women, this shows that girls are better at getting away with crime. Furthermore, chivalry thesis suggests that the criminal justice system are more leanient towards women than men.