IMPACT ON VICTIMS: Race

Question 1

Overview

Answer 1

• ethnic minorities = more likely to be low income/ less educated, thus vulnerable
• minority= hate crimes
• institutionalised racism = impacted policing

Question 2

Statistics- proportions

Answer 2

• 2017 survey found ethnic minorities = more likely to be victims of crime despite making up less of population
• mixed = 22% , Asian = 16% and white = 14%
• 2014-17 = 3% reduction in crime for only white people

Question 3

Statistics- hate crimes

Answer 3

• polish/Europeans harassed after Brexit
• Bengali households in council estates London = 4.5 attacks every 6 months
• 3 hate crimes an hour in june 2016 scotland
  -Almost 156,000 hate crime in march 2022 eng and wales

Question 4

Statistics- specific crimes

Answer 4

• mixed people = more likely theft, violence
• Chinese = personal theft
• 29% of Chinese were repeat victims vs 23% white

Question 5

International comparison

Answer 5

• United States, black people are disproportionately targeted
• 2019, black individuals accounted for 49% of homicide victims despite making up only 13% of the U.S. population.

Question 6

Hate crime case study

Answer 6

Stephen Lawrence- racially motivated murder by group of white youths
- no justice for 2 decades, biased police didnt take case seriously
- caused big changes in UKs attitudes and police procedures