ethnicity

• why might official statistics not be a good measure of how much crime different ethnic groups actually commit?


  Underreporting, racial bias, and disparities in law enforcement.
• what perspective do lea and young take?

  left realist
• what three things do left realists view crime as a result of?


  relative deprivation, subculture and marginalisation
• racism, marginalisation, economic exclsuion of ethnic minorities has lead to what according to left realists?


  poor housing and unemployment
• what does the medias emphasis on consumerism do?

  promotes relative deprivation so individuals turn to utilitarian crimes
• according to lea and young why do young black males committ crime?


  commit ulitarian crimes to cope with relative deprivation and get involved in violence and rioting as a result of fraustration
• how many more times is a black person likley to be stopped and serached?


  7
• what did the macpherson report say the police was?


  Institutionally racist
• who came up with the idea of canteen culture?

  holdaway
• what is canteen culture?


  culture within the police to share prejudical thoughts and negative stoires about african carribean community. many new recruits felt under pressure to conform to it
• what perspective did moynihan?


  right realist
• what did moyhihan say balck criminality is a result of?


  poor socialisation and ineffective family structures as cultureal deprivation can become a cycle in single parent families as children are likley to fail in education
• what persepctive does hall take?

  neo-marxist
• what did hall claim the ruling class used racism to do?


  divide the proletariat and prevent a revolution
• what moral panic have been used by the bourgeosie according to hall?


  the 1970 potrayal of the black mugger which demonsied young black males in the eyes of the public