reporting and recording

Question 1

reasons why people don’t report (BCS)

Answer 1

fear of communication
fear of recrimination
not wanting to admit to experiencing racism
fear of police
think the issue is trivial
black people in the UK are less confident in the CJS

Question 2

data recording

Answer 2

only been consistent recording of racist incidents since Macpherson report (1999)
Incidence rate= no. of racist incidents per 10K of the population (per act)
Prevalence rate = % of all people who have experiences a racial crime in a given period (per person)

Question 3

Bowling

Answer 3

the spectrum
must think of racial incidents (both verbal and physical) as being in the same category
should be categorised as racism and not violence

Question 4

difficulties in measuring crimes

Answer 4

who are you reporting to? police or independent
increase in reports does not mean an increase in crimes
racist incidents may seem trivial but are a big issue together
difficult to bring a successful case to court