why EMs appear to commit more crime

Question 1

real ethnic differences in offending (LR)

Answer 1

• relative deprivation and marginalisation lead to crime
• economic exclusion of EMs
• media emphasis on consumerism, sets unrealistic goals

AO3: doesn’t explain difference in conviction rate between blacks and asians

Question 2

ethnic differences are socially constructed

Answer 2

• black criminality is a myth, racist stereotype
• EM crime is political resistance against racism
• anticolonial struggles taught black people to resist oppression, e.g. through riots

Question 3

moral panic black muggers

Answer 3

• 1970s black muggers, moral panic
• RC used force to control protestors
• divided the WC, consent for harsher RC control

Question 4

neighbourhoods

Answer 4

• EMs live in poorer areas with high crime rates
• deprived youths engage with affluent groups
• most likely black youths