C&D ETHINICITY CRIME STATSTICS

Question 1

Morris

Answer 1

BAME (black Asian and minority ethnic) groups have unequal amount of young people committing crime which creates illusion in drastically that minorities are committing more crime

it’s just young people in general committing more crime

Question 2

Over-representation

Answer 2

26% male prisoners are from ethnic minority group even though only 9% in the general population high levels of criminality

Question 3

Men vs woman in statistics

Answer 3

Black ethnic minority have a skewed data towards men with nearly 40% making overall statistic larger even though it’s mainly men

Overall 21.2 %
Woman 4%

Question 4

Lowest crime committing ethnicity

Answer 4

Chinese 2.4

Question 5

Lowest ethnicity and gender

Answer 5

Indian girls 0.8

Question 6

Asians compared to whites

Answer 6

2x more likely to get stopped and searched a likely to be charged with fraud - white collar crime - stereotype Becker - smart

Question 7

Black minority overrepresented because

Answer 7

5 x more likely to get imprisoned than white people

Question 8

Institutional racism

Answer 8

Reiner macho values and racism encourage stereotypes and mistrust of police

Question 9

Lea and young Marxist

Answer 9

Left realism
Black people join subcultures to solve relative deprivation and there marginalised - ghettos in USA have the want for American dream can’t achieve consensus goals - commit crime - theift

Question 10

Chambliss marxist

Answer 10

Poverty and crime control
Focus on w/c surveillance - gypsy Roma areas police aware of criminal activity - over representation - black people more likely to get caught and convicted 26% in prison 9% population

Question 11

Hall crisis of hegemony and scapegoating Marxist

Answer 11

Media negatively views black African Caribbean - muggings - as a scapegoat to divert attention from moral panic media over exaggerated attention on rather than riots

Question 12

Sewell

Answer 12

Subcultures social theory antagonistic institutionalisation racism

Black masculine identities negatively labelled rebellious reject school anti- school subcultures - conform and accepting label - self fulfilling. Prophecy - aggressive behaviour - gang violence smoking weed - drug usage

Question 13

Alexander

Answer 13

Anti racist religion - social action - interactionist

Interview - observation youth project charity Asian male gangs + muslim Asians and how they form gender expectation + roles

Asian boys - peer pressure masculine role - dominant -interactionist

Cultural conflict between gangs Asian gangs became close knit poor relationships with police - violent - label

Question 14

Asian men statistic

Answer 14

Asian men are more likely to get stopped and searched - Islamophobia- 9/11

Question 15

Becker labelling theory

Answer 15

Negative labelling more likely towards a/c black boys - black African Caribbean minority are 5x more likely to be imprisoned
Focus on the ethnic minority find more crimes

Question 16

Surveillance

Answer 16

Focus on the w/c ethnic minority find more crimes

Question 17

Cohen

Answer 17

Functionalist status frustration
Material and culturally deprived inability to achieve mainstream goals peer status of not reaching goals

African Caribbean material - culturally and materially deprived - lack merit - commit crime - stealing due lack of education poor paying job and socialisation - this is meritocratic because everyone has a function in society

Question 18

Neo Marxist gilroy

Answer 18

Crime was a political resistance (London riot triggered by ) killing of mark duggin, and not the results of left realists