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Ethnicity and crime
Gilroy (1982)
crime by black people, particularly in the 1970s, was a form of political action, representing a culture of resistance to inequality and oppressors in the form of police racism and harassment.
He denied there was greater criminality among black people than whites, suggesting this was a myth created by negative stereotyping by the police and the media, who saw minority ethnic groups as untrustworthy, with African-Caribbean youth labelled as potential 'muggers' and Asians as potential illegal immigrants.
Hall (1978)
Black crime and scapegoating - the crisis of hegemony and the creation of the 'black mugger' - argue that in the 1970s Britain was facing an economic and political crisis which threatened the dominance of ruling-class ideology in society - a crisis of hegemony.
Hall et al. argued that there had not been a real increase in street robbery (mugging) but the moral panic was used to justify more repressive and aggressive policing against the black community, like repeated stop and search.
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Stats
The Ministry of Justice, in 2013, reported that, compared to white people, black people were:
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If arrested, more likely to be charged, remanded in custody, and face court proceedings than receive a caution
More likely, if found guilty, to receive a custodial (prison) sentence and for a longer term
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