ethnicity and crime Flashcards

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What is Lea and Young’s left realist argument to why BME’s appear more criminal?

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  • differences in statistics are because black people commit utilitarian crime as a result of material deprivation and non-utilitarian crime as a result of social frustration
  • the police are more likely to be selectively racist against black people rather than asians
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What is an evalutation to Lea and Young?

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  • post 9/11, the police may be more prejudiced against asians than they used to be
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What is Gilroy’s neo-marxist argument to why BMEs appear more criminal?

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  • BME’s commit no more crime than any other group
  • statistical differences are due to racist policing as they act on stereotypes
  • BME often came from colonies and when they resisted racism it was criminalised
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What is an evaluation to Gilroy?

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  • 1st gen immigrants are unlikely to pass down anti-colonial views as they were very law-abiding
  • most crime is intra-centric so it can’t be seen as anti colonial
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Why do neo-marxists Hall et al believe BME’s appear more criminal?

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  • capitalism used black muggings to spread fear in the 70s to distract people from the failing economy.
  • black people aren’t more criminal they are just victims of capitalism
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What is an evaluation for Hall et al?

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  • they do not explain how the moral panic was created or evidence that ‘capitalism’ was behind it
  • left realists argue the fear of mugging isn’t ‘panicky’ but real
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What are the three reasons why BME may be more criminal?

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  • family
  • education
  • media
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Why do the new right think the family makes BME’s more criminal?

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  • the growing rate of lone-parent families means children are being inadequately socialised and are not learning that crime is immoral
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What is an evaluation to the argument that familys make BME more criminal?

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  • predetermins that all lone-parent families inadequately socialise their children
  • many people with male role models turn to crime so its a generalisation to assume that only those without turn to crime
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Why might education make BMEs more criminal?

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  • those who perform worse in education may turn to illegitimate means of making money
  • black caribbean ethnicity are one of the worst performing ethnicities.
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What is an evalution to the argument that education makes BMEs more criminal?

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  • generalises that all black people will turn to crime if they perform badly in education
  • black african ethnicities perform higher than average in education yet are still high in crime stats
  • doesn’t count for asian ethnicities which are one of the highest achieving ethnicities but are still high on crime stats
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Why might the media make BMEs more criminal?

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  • media reinforces the idea that black people are more criminal leading to a self-fulfilling prophecy
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What is an evaluation to the argument that the media makes BMEs more criminal?

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  • assumes all black people will live up to the stereotype
  • doesn’t account for asian ethnicities which were labelled as terrorists after 9/11
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