PAPER 3 ETHNICITY AND CRIME Flashcards
What is a statistic on black people being searched?
Black people are 7 times more likely to be searched than white people in the year ending in March 2021
What is an ethnic minority statistic about serving sentences?
Black and Asian people in prison are more likely to be serving longer sentences than other groups
What is the MacPherson report?
An inquiry in 1999 into the Stephen Lawrence murder finding that the Metropolitan police are institutionally racist
What is the Casey report 2023?
It’s said the metropolitan police is broken and rotten, suffering collapsing public trust and is guilty of institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia.
What does Reiner say?
That there is a racist canteen culture amongst the police
What does Bowling and Philips say?
Black people over police and under protected. In 2013 black peoples were 3% of the population but 14% of the whole stop and searches.
What does Gilroy say?
Many migrants had experienced riots and demonstrations when under white dominated colonial rule. So they use these strategies to resist racism in the UK
What does neo Marxist hall say?
Black criminality is a myth created by capitalism the crime of mugging was exaggerated by politicians and the media and linked by them to black People. They were seen as the problem and scapegoated by the media to detract white working class from the problems of capitalism.
What does right realist Sewell say?
Instead looks at single parenthood and lack of tough nurturing love by arguing that some black boys turn to their peers for loyalty. These peers are anti authority
