Ethnicity And Link To Crime

Question 1

What did Shaw and Mckay claim about area and race regarding crime?

Answer 1

Place not race

Claimed that crime levels are reflective of area and not race - it just so happens that people from ethnic backgrounds typically live in the most disadvantaged areas

Question 2

What is the likelyhood that black men will be sent to prision compared to white men?

Answer 2

53% more likelyhood

Question 3

What number of Black people are arrested per 1000 people?

Answer 3

20.4

Question 4

What number of White people are arrested per 1000 people?

Answer 4

9.4

Question 5

How did Gilroy (1982) explain the greater amount of Black crime in the US? (Neo-Marxist)

Answer 5

He claimed that crime was a form of political resistance against the state - he also claimed that black people were made folk devils , which generated deviancy amplification

Question 6

What is Structuration theory?

Answer 6

A social theory that is a combination of Micro and Macro theory

Looks into the creation and reproduction of social systems that are based on the analysis of both structure and agents

Question 7

Which Neomarxist supported Gilroys opinions on ethnicitys link to crime?

Answer 7

Hall et al - black people were used as folk devils in the 1980s UK

Question 8

What did Jok Young (1971) find about the medias effect on weed smokers

Answer 8

He found that the deviancy amplification spiral caused weed smokers who were labelled to be cast out of society

Question 9

What triggered the Macpherson report (1999) ?

Answer 9

The murder of Steven Lawrence

Question 10

What are the three ways that Lea and Young (1984) said that ethnic minorities are affected? (Left realism)

Answer 10

Marginalisation
Relative deprivation
Negative subcultures

Question 11

What is left realism?

Answer 11

An explination that admits that there is a difference in crime stats between ethnicitys but it seeks to uncover the issues that cause it

Question 12

Who supported Lea and Young (1984) (Left realist)

Answer 12

Bowling and Philips (2002) - high poverty explains theft

Question 13

What did Sampson and Philips (1992) say about the length of racist victimisation?

Answer 13

It is a long ongoing event

Question 14

What did Goffman observe in her study ‘on the run’ ?

Answer 14

Police relationship with people living in a deprived area in America

Question 15

What is a striking statistic from Goffmans study ‘on the run’ regarding the frequency of police incidents?

Answer 15

Every day for 1.5 years (expect from 5 days) she saw an incident with the police