Introduction to Criminology - Ethnicity and Victimisation Flashcards
What is the most reliable source of information about crime victims?
The Crime Survey for England and Wales
The 1988 survey has a boost pf ethnic minority respondents and was able to show a significant difference in the risk of victimisation between different ethninc groups. (Violent crimes)
Why is there a difference in victimiastion between white and minority ethnic group?
It is because of the result of difference between the groups in terms of the places where people live, age and social class distribution as well as income differences.
What is crime divided into?
Household and Personal crime
The data shows minority ethnic groups are to be at a greater risk of personal crime but not household compared to whites people.
Homicide statitics based on ethnicity?
Sizeable difference risks faced by different ethinic groups in relation to the most serious crimes. Data on homicide for the combined years 2000/1 and 2002/03 show that the risk of becoming a victim faced by black people is six times that of white people. Analysis by the Home Affairs Committee on homicide in London showed the very disproportionate risks faced by black young people.
2011 - 2014 homicide victims continued to be disproportionately black and asian. The rate of homicide was four times higher for black victims compared to white victims, and 1.5 times higher for Asian victim.
Homicide rate are very significantly higher for males than females, though males aged 18 and over the homicide rates for black males were 4 times higher than those for white and asian males. Murders tended to be intra-ethnic with the vast majority of victims being killed by suspects in the same ethnic group.
94% white suspects killed someone from the same ethnic group, 53% of black people did and 60% of Asian did.
