Topic 6: Ethnicity, Crime And Justice

Question 1

What percentage of black people make up the prison population

Answer 1

13.1%

Question 2

What percentage of Asian people make up the prison population

Answer 2

7.7%

Question 3

What are the 3 ways left realists describe ethnic differences in offending

Answer 3

Relative deprivation
Marginalisation
Subcultures

Question 4

What are the 3 reasons for the disproportionate use of stop and search against members of minority ethnic groups

Answer 4

Police racism
Ethnic differences in offending
Demographic factors

Question 5

Which sociologists argue that many officers hold negative stereotypes on minorities as criminals making them more likely to be stopped and searched

Answer 5

Phillips and Bowling

Question 6

Which sociologist suggests that ethnic minority criminality stems from blacks and Asians defending themselves against the racism

Answer 6

Gilroy

Question 7

What type of sociologist is Gilroy

Answer 7

Neo-Marxist

Question 8

Which example supports Gilroy’s point that EM commit crime to defend themselves against racism

Answer 8

Brixton Riots

Question 9

3 features of the Brixton riots

Answer 9

3 days of rioting
Believed they were being treated unfairly because of stops and searches
April 1981

Question 10

What type of sociologist is Hall et al

Answer 10

Neo Marxist

Question 11

What did Hall et al argue

Answer 11

The 1970s moral panic over black muggers served the interests of capitalism

Question 12

Explain why the media and state reacted the way they did to the economic crisis in the 70s

Answer 12

So that the black muggers were blamed for the high rates of unemployment instead of the government

Question 13

How is Hall et al criticised

Answer 13

There’s no evidence supporting that the public blamed crime on black people