Evidence for Crime and Ethnicity questions

Question 1

According to Prison Reform Trust (2024) what percentage of the prison population are ethnic minorities?

Answer 1

27%

Question 2

According to a GOV.UK 2021 Census what percentage of the general population are ethnic minorities?

Answer 2

18%

Question 3

Ethnic minorities serve a …. …. of their determinate sentence in custody than white people (Prison Reform Trust)

Answer 3

greater proportion

Question 4

Gilroy (1982) denies what about Black criminality?

Answer 4

denies greater criminality among black ppl than white

(says media made black ppl folk devils, leading to deviancy amplification)

Question 5

What did Prison Reform Trust discover about the diversity of prison officers?

Answer 5

that they were less ethically diverse than the prison population

(this was even more true for youth criminals)

Question 6

Black people are …% and Asian people …% more likely to be sent to prison for an indictable defence more likely than white people

Answer 6

• 53%
• 55%

Question 7

What are the stop and search rates for Black people (March, 2023)?

Answer 7

24.5 per 1000 people

Question 8

What are the stop and search rates for white people?

Answer 8

5.9 per 1000 people