Ethnicity and crime Flashcards

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Waddington S+S

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police s+s e.m.g

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unfair treatment and racism

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reiner 2000
institutional racism
canteen culture amongst police, e.g suspicion, macho values and stereotypes
encourages stereotypes and mistrust from non white backgrounds

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criminality of afro carribean

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Lea and Young 
black people are more eliekly to be involved in street crime due to:
-marginalisation
-relative deprivation
-subcultures 

criticises theory that police/justice system are racist and prejudice towards them

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4
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other reasons for street crime

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educational success
2006--> 26% bb got 5 A*-C
mass media
glamourises crime, rap artists 
family structure 
90% lone matrifocal
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ethnicity and victimisation

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e.m.g likely to be victims of crime, disportionally to their number especially women

e.m.g more likely to live in w.c areas, for example higher crime rates, hate crimes, e.m.g are labelled
reasons for criminality:
structuralism views, how society is structured
social constructionist view: justice system unfair

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AO3

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functionalist agree
Becker argees due to labeling
not due to policing- poor socialisation, matrifocal family

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statistics from ministry of justice 2013

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3.1% population

14% of them are stop and searched and 8% convicted

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statistics self report 2005

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10,000 respondents

42% white offenders in their life
black more likely to be arrested, convicted

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