crime and deviance: ethnic differances

what do official crime stats tell us about different ethnicitiys

Black people are about 9x more likely to be stopped and searched than White people

amoung BAME who is the most overepresented

black

what are structural reasons for high criminality (left realist)

Relative deprivation, marginalisation, and formation of subcultures

Economic exclusion, racism, and lack of legitimate opportunities lead some young Black men to form subcultures that turn to crime.

what does bowling and phillips theory talk about

racial discrimination contributes to higher recorded crime rates for Black and Asian people.

what does sharp and budds do

used self-report studies (which ask people to admit to crimes they've committed, whether caught by police or not)

what is gilroys neo marxist perspective

Black criminality is a myth created by racist stereotypes in media and criminal justice system

young Black men committing crime should be understood as political resistance to racism, and police harassment

are Asian over represented

yes over-represented in stop and search rates under terrorism legislation

Cultural differences that may contribute to variations in offending

• culture of anti-school masculinity among Black boys.

• higher rates of single-parent families in Black households

• higher rates marriage Asian households

intersctionists reasons for ethnic differences

Labelling Theory (Becker, Cicourel)

• Police and justice system hold racist stereotypes (typifications) of young Black and Asian men as ‘criminal types’.

• Leads to over-policing which leads to SFP

what does the Macpherson Report (1999) show

Police are institutionally racist after Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry

why do right realists think black and Asian higher rates offending

poor socialisation

underclass

rational choice

what were sharp and budds findings

White people self-reported higher rates of offending than Black and Asian

Suggests official crime stats are biased due to discriminatory policing practices.