by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Ethnicity
Questions: What was the total prison population in England and Wales in 2006? Describe the main differences, overall and within ethnic groups, between male and female prisoners. Which minority ethnic groups are most over-represented among the prison population, as...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Ethnicity
Read the story of Stephen Lawrence at the BBC website Use the story links on that site to find out why the Metropolitan Police were accused of incompetence. Who was the leader of the enquiry set up by the Home Secretary, and what did he find? What did the Home...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Ethnicity
Question 1: Read carefully through the section on ethnic differences in the criminal justice system (pages 112-113), and find at least four reasons why ‘blacks are five times more likely to be in prison than whites’. Question 2: What is a ‘moral panic’? Suggest two...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Ethnicity
(b) 7 times. Black males are less likely than other ethnic groups to report offences already known to the police; self-report studies do not usually ask about more serious offences; self-report studies do not include prisoners, among whom blacks are over-represented....