stop and search rates are falling but black groups are 9 times more likely to be stopped and searched than whites
arrest rates fro black ppl nearly 3x than of whites
asians and black receive longer sentences - average of 25 months
race moral panics
Stuarthall
placing the crisis - mugging
race political resistance
Gilroy
black crime particularly in 70s was a form of political resistance against a repressive, racist state
also suggests that the over rep of ethnic groups is a result of selective police practices from police racism
race counter respons
although black ppl stopped a higher proportionate but he argues that there are more ethnic minority youths out at night in inner cities and that the police simply target those in high risk areas
