In what ways is the criminal justice system racist?
Policing, stop and search, arrests, prosecution, sentencing, PRS's and prison
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What are the two explanations for the differences in offending?
Left realism and Neo marxism
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What is the left realists explanation?
Ethnic differences in statistics reflect real differences in levels of offending. Crime is a product of relative deprivation. subculture and marginalisation
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What is the Neo marxist explanation?
Differences on offending are the outcome of a social construction
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What are some of the different Neo marxist explanations?
The myth of black criminality, policing the crisis
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What does Gilroy mean by the myth of black criminality?
Idea of black criminality is a myth created by racist stereotypes leading to more policing on these minorities so they appear greater in the statistics
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What does Hall et al mean by policing the crisis?
In the 70's when British capitalism faced a crisis, politicians turned black mugging into a moral panic to divert attention away from the spiralling economic crisis
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In what ways is the criminal justice system racist?
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