Ethnicity and Crime
- Created by: mischax
- Created on: 16-01-18 17:26
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- Ethnicity & Crime
- Stop and search
- black people are nearly 5x more likely than white people to be s&s
- Those of Asian origins are more frequently s&s than the population as a whole
- Sentencing & Imprisonment
- Blacks and Asians are more likely to be given an immediate custodial sentence
- Blacks are considerably more likely to be sentenced for possession of class A drugs
- Institutional racism
- Racism which isn't necessarily intentional but the day-to-day activities are based upon racist ideas and practices
- racism is ingrained in the system
- Reiner(2000) argues that there exists a 'canteen culture' amongst the police: a macho, suspicious, racist and mistrusting culture against non-whites
- Black people are more likely to have contact with police & been to court
- More likely to be charged than white people for similar offences
- white people commit more crime but black and other ethnic minorities get over represented
- More likely to be charged than white people for similar offences
- Stop and search
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