Ethnicity and crime

    Cards (7)

    • Canteen culture

      When an individual is with a group, they share values. Within the police force, reinforces negative stereotypes
    • Institutional racism
      Racism within an institution that goes from top to the bottom
    • Macpherson (1999)

      The police force is racist, they were bound to be institutionally racist
    • Hall et al

      Certain groups are scapegoats and used to justify oppressive policing. Marginalisation drove some black youths into a lifestyle of hustling and petty crime as a means of survival
    • Izzat
      Lower crime rates for Chinese, Pakistanis and Indians
      • Greater economic success
      • Stronger family community
      • Distinct culture
    • Bowling and Phillips (2002)

      'Bengali bad boy image'
      Cars, shisha, jewellery, marijuana
    • Islamaphobia
      The fear of Islam
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