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