Race & Criminology Flashcards
What are the consequences of over-policing, surveillance, and punishment associated with ‘color blind’ racism?
Restriction of civil rights and socioeconomic opportunities.
Under ‘color-blind’ racism in criminology, what is the main issue related to criminalization.
Over-policing
In terms of ‘discriminatory treatment’, what do Black people face?
- More likely to be detained pre-trial
- Have more restrictive bail conditions
- Lower parole grant rates
- Receive longer sentences
What were the impacts of the War on Drugs?
Increased black incarceration
What was apart of Prime Minister Harper’s “tough-on-crime” rhetoric.
- Investment in building and filling prisons
- Black prison population increasing 70%
- Austerity measures
How has imprisonment affected Black people
Impairs the possibility of resocialization and reintegration.
How has the racialization of crime affect Black people?
Police profiling and targeting black youth.
Militarization and over-surveillance of Black neighbourhoods.
In what ways has the racialization of crime affect Black people?
Impacts the day-to-day lives of residents - impacts on the psychological well-being, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and alienation from society.
How was ‘racial order’ maintained in Black communities
Subalternization of black communities
What collaboration did critical criminology challenge in the political system?
Collaboration with colonialism
