Ethnicity

Question 1

Why do ethnic minorities appear to commit more crime?

Answer 1

Real ethnic differences in offending

Ethnic differences are socially constructed

Question 2

Ao1 real ethnic differences in offending
Left realism

Answer 2

Lea and young argue that differences in offending reflect stats with the real differences in offending
See crime as a product of relative deprivation subcultures and marginalisation
Acknowledge that police racism has led to the unjustified criminalisation of some groups, but they do not think this can fully explain ethnic differences in offending
Similarly police racism cannot explain the much higher rate or convection of black people than Asians
Police would have to be selectively racist against black people but not Asians to cause the differences