RACIST POLICE PRACTICES
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- Created on: 12-05-16 22:46
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- Racist Police Practices
- Reflection of Society
- LORD SCARMAN 1981
- Police naturally reflect wider society and (unfortunately) there are some police officers who are racist
- These 'bad apples' are found and will be removed
- The police are not racist
- This is just a reflection of the fact that some members of society still hold racist views
- This is just a reflection of the fact that some members of society still hold racist views
- The police are not racist
- Canteen Culture
- Police develop distinctive working attitudes because of their job
- Police develop stereotypical views- more likely to stop and search Ethnic minority groups
- Evidence that African-Caribbean groups are 6x more likely to be stopped and searched than Whites
- SMITH AND GRAY (1985)
- Evidence that African-Caribbean groups are 6x more likely to be stopped and searched than Whites
- Police develop stereotypical views- more likely to stop and search Ethnic minority groups
- REINER 1992
- Due to the pressures they face in their work, they have developed a series of characteristics
- 'thirst for action'
- conservatism
- cynicism
- 'thirst for action'
- conservatism
- 'thirst for action'
- isolation from the public and suspicion
- cynicism
- cynicism
- 'thirst for action'
- Due to the pressures they face in their work, they have developed a series of characteristics
- Police develop distinctive working attitudes because of their job
- Institutional Racism
- 'The police have procedures, practices and a culture which exclude or disadvantage non-white people'
- This was the finding of the enquiry into the police force following the murder of STEPHEN LAWRENCE IN 1993
- Is not intentional
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- 'The police have procedures, practices and a culture which exclude or disadvantage non-white people'
- Reflection of Society
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