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Crime and Deviance
Key Sociologists - Crime and Deviance
Macpherson (1999)
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What did the Macpherson report investigate?
The role of the
police
surrounding the Stephen Lawrence
murder.
What did the report find?
That
'institutional
racism'
was widespread amongst the
police
force.'
What police force did the MacPherson report investigate specifically?
The
Metropolitan Police
What did they argue about the culture of the police?
That it led to them
labelling
particular groups and taking certain
ethnic groups
less
seriously.