Institutional racism in the police

Question 1

What was the conclusion of the study?

Answer 1

Powerful racism within the lower ranks of the police
Racism was a normal part of policing
Racist assumptions and language were used in police work

Question 2

What the PSI claim about the police racism?

Answer 2

Derives from the population in general

Mirrors the populations attitude

Question 3

What happens when a West Indian is a victim of crime and what is the effect of this?

Answer 3

The police are more likely to take action, make a full investigation and catch the offender
The older West Indians have confidence in the police

Question 4

However the police aren’t 100% this can be seen from the fact that they…

Answer 4

Take matters seriously: when a black person reports being a victim of crime

Question 5

What evidence did Smith and Gaskill find?

Answer 5

30% of black people viewed the police positively compared to 60% white people
However in the city the stop and search rates were the same for young black people and young white people

Question 6

Lea and Young support the study as unemployment leads to increase in crime so the police …

Answer 6

Adopt a military policing style
Stop and search young black males more
Therefore they get arrested more