Statistics on Ethnicity & Crime

• What is the relationship between ethnicity and crime according to the statistics?

  The relationship is unclear and open to interpretation.
• Who is more likely to be stopped and searched?

  Members of minority ethnic groups
• What percentage of whites were found guilty in 2006/7?

  60%
• Why might minority ethnic groups be wrongly charged?

  Due to racial stereotyping
• What percentage of the UK prison population is black?

  13.2%
• How does the percentage of black individuals in the prison population compare to their overall population percentage?

  They are over-represented in prison.
• What percentage of the population over 15 is black?

  2.8%
• What does Strain Theory suggest about minority ethnic groups?

  They may be denied social mobility.
• What is a consequence of living in transient communities for new migrants?

  Fewer tight-knit communities are formed.
• What do subcultural theories suggest about minority-ethnic backgrounds?

  They might form deviant subcultures.
• According to Marxist theory, who made the laws?

  The bourgeoisie made the laws.
• What did Stuart Hall suggest about black people and the informal economy?

  They were forced into the informal economy.
• What do interactionist theories explain about the statistical picture of crime?

  It might be misleading due to labelling.
• What is the concept of differential association?

  Learning deviant values through interactions.
• What do Right Realists argue about African-Caribbean families?

  They are more likely to be matrifocal lone-parent families.
• What is the Broken Windows theory about community regulation?

  Transient communities are less likely to self-regulate.
• What does Relative Deprivation refer to in Left Realist theory?

  Working class status and low income.
• How does social exclusion relate to crime according to Left Realists?

  It can lead to criminality.
• What was the outcome of the Stephen Lawrence case?

  No one was prosecuted for 19 years.
• What did the McPherson Report conclude about the Metropolitan Police?

  It described them as institutionally racist.
• What does institutional racism imply about police policies?

  They are inherently racist, not just individual actions.
• How did police stop and search data in 2014 reflect racial disparities?

  More minority-ethnic individuals were stopped.
• What effect does increased stop and search have on crime statistics?

  It increases the chance of uncovering illegal activity.
• What did Stuart Hall describe regarding moral panic and crime?

  It could create a fantasy crime wave.