Ethnicity and Crime
- Created by: ecotts
- Created on: 24-12-17 18:15
View mindmap
- Ethnicity and Crime
- The black population are 2x more likely than white people to be arrest and convicted of an offence
- Black people are 3x more likely to be sent to prison
- Asian ethnic group are more likely to be stopped and search that whites but are less likely to get into trouble with the law
- In self-report studies the white ethnic group had the highest rate of offending at 42%
- 28% was 'black' ethnic group, followed by 'Asian' ethnic group with 21%
- Being a personal victim in crime is higher in minority ethnic groups being at 7.2%
- Stop and Search
- Black people are 5x more likely to be stopped and searched
- Phillip and Bowling
- Black and Asian people are also more likely that White people to be stopped and searched repeatedly and to have more intrusive searches
- When serious violence or terrorism is a concern, police can stop and search without caution.
- Leads minority ethnic group being prone to these searches
- Disproportionate use of stop and search is a problem as it criminalises ethnic minority communities
- It undermines public support for the police
- They are likely to be young, unemployed etc
- Arrest & Cautions
- Black people make up 8.3% of the populations arrest
- Phillip and Bowling
- Ethnic minorities are more likely to remain silent and deny the offence
- this makes them more suspicious to the police and more likely to be arrested for offences they have not committed
- Ethnic minorities are more likely to remain silent and deny the offence
- People from minority ethnic groups are also less likely that White people to be released after a caution
- Sentencing & pre-sentence reports
- White are more likely to be convicted of serious offences one they have been sent for trial
- Ministry of Justice
- Blacks were slightly more likely than whites to be sent to prison for the offence of 'actual bodily harm'
- Also for possession of class A drugs
- Black people were also given a longer sentence than whites for burglary, but slightly less likely to be sent to prison
- Blacks were slightly more likely than whites to be sent to prison for the offence of 'actual bodily harm'
- Prison
- 6% of the p prisons population were from Asian groups and 11% were from black ethnic groups
- CASE STUDY
- Stephen Lawrence was a black East London man who was murdered in a racist attack whilst waiting for a bus in 1993
- It led to how the police were ran as they made number of errors in collect data and making arrests
- Gave the perpetrators time to run and 5 suspects were arrested but not convicted
- Macpherson
- A public inquiry was held that concluded the police were 'internationally racist'
- Institutional Racism= a organisation that is racist, they way the police are run is racist not the individuals
- It made a number of ways to change how the police ran including more recruits of the police that were black and asian
- Also had to change practise so as not to victims ethnic minorities
- A public inquiry was held that concluded the police were 'internationally racist'
- The black population are 2x more likely than white people to be arrest and convicted of an offence
Comments
No comments have yet been made