Inequality - statistics Flashcards
Give a statistic for gender inequality in the criminal justice system
Men on average get 6 months longer prison sentences than women - Ministry of Justice - Pollack
83% of domestic violence victims are women - Ministry of Justice 2013 - Walby
Give a statistic for gender inequality in the workplace
Women make up 83% of care sector roles but only 10% of the skilled trade sector - Office for National Statistics - Walby
Only 3.5% of company director roles are taken by women - Office for National Statistics 2014 - Barron and Norris
Give a statistic for class inequality in the criminal justice system
The poorest households in the UK are 12x more likely to be a victim of violent crime - Centre of Social Justice - Cloward and Ohlin
Under 1% of cases of fraud are convicted, meaning the poor are more likely to be criminalised - National Fraud Agency 2017 - Hughes and Langan
Give a statistic for class inequality in the education system
Disadvantage W/C boys are 5x less likely to go to university - Office for Fair Access - Reay
Only 38% of students eligible for Free School Meals get 5 A*-C GCSE grades compared to 66% students not on FSM - Department of Education - Smith and Noble
Give a statistic for ethnic inequality in the criminal justice system
Young black males are 6-17x more likely to be stopped and searched depending on where in the UK - Ministry of Justice - Hall et al
Ethnic minorities are overrepresented in prison - they take up 12% of the total population but 23% of the prison population - Ministry of Justice - Hudson and Bramhall
Give a statistic for ethnic inequality in the workplace
Ethnic minorities are 5-15x less likely to be employed after graduation compared to white students - Office for National Statistics - Noon
57% of Pakistani men have low paid and low skilled jobs compared to 36% white British men - Office for National Statistics - Barron and Norris
Give a statistic for age inequality in the criminal justice system
73% of young offenders reoffend within 6 months - Youth Justice 2017 - Jock Young
8.3% of 16-24 year olds have been a victim of a violent crime compared to 0.2% of 75+ year olds - Ministry of Justice
Give a statistic for age inequality in the workplace
38% of 0 hour contracts are held by 16-24 year olds - Office for National Statistics 2016 - Barron and Norris
Income starts to decrease for men at 59 years old and for women at 39 years old - Office for National Statistics 2016 - Cummings and Henry
