Topic 6 - Ethnicity And Crime Flashcards
Lea and Young
Black people discriminated in society:
Utilitarian crimes due to material deprivation
Non utilitarian crimes due to frustration towards society
Gilroy
Black minority groups do not commit more crime than others, only due to frustration due to stereotypes and racism
Hall et al
1970s moral panic about black people and mugging led to negative label of black people making it harder for them to get jobs so commit crimes
Education
Black Caribbean pupils tend to do worse in education so may find it harder to get a job that’s well paid
Family
Functionalists argue growing rate of lone-parents in black community has led to inadequate socialisation of these children
Media
Reinforce stereotype that black people tend to be more criminal, lead to self fulfilling prophecy