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SOCIOLOGISTS:


• GILROY-Neo-marxist Reject crime statistics,

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• Hall - Neo-Marxist


• Leap young-left-realists Agree with crime statistics.


• Sewell-?. Phillips and Bowling


• Sharpe} Budd
Gilroy: police + cos act upon racist stereotypes
which cause ethnic minorities to become
criminalised.


in 2014 ¼ prison population majority ethnic minorities
Ethnic minorities less likely 1st. black 71. Asian
to be granted bail. HA11 ET Al- Neo-marxism: Mugging moral panic
B1K/Asian defendants more
in 70's- myth of blk mugger served as a
likely to be found guilty crow count more likely to drop
cases against ethnic minorities scapegoat
HA11 ET AL: Neo-marxism (Evacuation):
Don't show now capitalism led to moral panic
Blk street crime rising due to unemployment. PROSE FYI! %:& TRIAL Blk ppl ax more likely to be In prison than
white ppl
B1K offenders more ctasoelsalcikkeloyf toeffegrgpped due
likely to have longer prison
sentences.
SOURCES OF EVIDENCE...
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-¼!! 1am ms,Yet
.ey s: individuals state what crime they
KEY CRIME STATISTICS
Helps gain info on ethnicity + offending
Mcpherson
snows now black ppl are over-represented.
Report • Black people are more likely to get
canteen culture: wide spread racism due to Institutional racism: prejudice practices that occur within the
the occuptional culture of police work police Institutions over-represented in in me statistics self-report surveys:
All officers conform to write status quo. individuals disclose violent behaviour they have
• some ethnic groups are likely to off-
TRY is m: survey ne" es on victims 'memo" of the
NSTITUTIONALRACI.sn ETHNICITY AND CRIME end more than others
eventwniontneymaynotrememberciear.ly.
- in allange stereotypes against certain ethnic groups
• Asian ppl over-represented in crime stats
less than black ppl. OFFICIAL STATISTICS: Ethnic minorities more
Mcpherson report: A report against institutional racism, introduced likely to be overrepresented.
In 1999 on behalf of Steven lawrence case.
/ only tell us about involvement with the cus not
underlying reasons
HATE CRIMES
"Interpe!!9am
Tony Sewell: Triple quandry theory



1. They feel they don't relate to mainstream culture, believe Phillips and Bowling (2012): A02: supporting Neo-Marxism
92,0*14,/,1,5:. B Ik ppl 3 ✗ more likely to get
institutions are racist towards them many officers hold negative stereotypes
about ethnic minorities as they are likely
2. They are influenced by the media-emphisise on conspicuous • Hallet al: capitalist crisis in the 1970s, moral
to face relative deprivation-this leads
consumption.
B1K + Asian people more likely STOP β SEARCH to deliberate targeting. panic about mugging as a black crime
to relieve a prison sentence
¾↑¼'4ofboymsabloeugauhtthouripty infigmuraetsr.iarchal families + lack 'tough • myth of black mugger served as a scapegoat
than white ppl.
• Black youth represented as a problem -used as
Ethnic minorities are over-represented
a distraction against capitalism problem.
and are more likely to be stopped and
searched.
fitzgerald: Neighbourhood. low discretion: police act on relevant info about specific
offences eg-victim's description. GILROY: Myth of black criminality
• police + cos act on racist towards stereotypes towards
High discretion: Based on stereotype and discrimination ethnic minorities who become criminalised.
Which leads to racism.
• leap young: first gen were law abiding, most crime
was intra-ethnic. Asian crime rates are low.

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