IMPACT ON PERPERTRATORS: Race

Question 1

Overview

Answer 1

• black people and ethnic minorities are more likely to be imprisoned due to racism/stigma thus face more negative impacts of incarceration + have a more negative overall experience in the justice system

Question 2

Statistics

Answer 2

• Black people = 3% of population but 11% of prison population
• the guardian,2015, stated that tonic minorities are more likely to be jailed
• racial disparities also seen during charging, prosecution
• young black males = 10x more likely to be arrested for robbery and 3x in General
• 5x more likely to be placed in high security
• 50% vs 30% of black v white believe the justice system discriminates

Question 3

International comparison

Answer 3

• United States, black women face harsher prison sentences
• having a criminal record makes it 50% harder to find an job, but black women face this even more ( Crawford)
• police brutality is a huge issue for ethnic minorities - especially black people in the U.S , institutionalised racism results in harsher policing and less justice for black people, and often the death of innocent or even criminal black people
• According to a study by the Mapping Police Violence project, Black people are three times more likely to be killed by police than white people. In 2020, police killed 28 Black people per million population, compared to 10 white people per million population.