Deck 32: Race, Crime and Criminal Justice

Question 1

Any crime can be recorded as 'racist'

Answer 1

False

Question 2

What were the factors that led to the riots in Oldham in May, in Burnley in June and Bradford in July of 2001?

A)segregation across ethnic lines
B)the hot weather
C)far-right political parties
D)the role of the police

Answer 2

segregation across ethnic lines
far-right political parties
the role of the police

Question 3

What did the Home Office's 2001 survey of the views of ethnic minority groups of the police discover?

A)Between 70-80 per cent of all ethnic minority groups reported trusting the police 'a lot' or 'a fair amount'
B)within ethnic minority groups trust in the police is very low
C)Around 59 per cent of black respondents reported trusting the police 'a lot' or 'a fair amount'

Answer 3

Between 70-80 per cent of all ethnic minority groups reported trusting the police 'a lot' or 'a fair amount'
Around 59 per cent of black respondents reported trusting the police 'a lot' or 'a fair amount'

Question 4

Areas of concern in minority representation in the criminal justice system include:

A)the general under- representation of minorities in the police service
B)overt police racism accepted at all organisational levels
C)the lack of visibility of minorities at senior levels.

Question 5

Research in 2000 by the Home Office revealed attitudes of ethnic minorities toward working in the police service uncovered a range of factors that served to make such a prospect unattractive. They included:

A)they would be paid less than white colleagues
B)The anticipated reactions of friends or family.
C)The prospect of having to deny their cultural identity in order to fit in

Question 6

How can racism be defined?

Question 7

If self reported drug use is highest in white males, why are black men are over represented in the criminal justice process?

Question 8

What were the terms of reference for the Macpherson Inquiry?

Question 9

What were the most memorable findings of the Macpherson Report?

Question 10

What are the potential dangers of 'hate crime' legislation?

A)they might increase social divisions
B)they treat victims as unequal
C)they might cause more crime
D)it won't make a difference to offenders

Question 11

Given that they comprise less than 3% of the population, what percentage of stop and searches are carried out on black people?

A)one in ten
B)one in seven
C)one in 100

Question 12

Stop and search data is straightforward evidence of police racism

Question 13

A much higher proportion of black suspects are remanded into custody rather than bailed.

Question 14

The criminal justice system jails proportionately more black people than people of other ethnic origins.

Question 15

Confidence in criminal justice agencies generally appears to be higher among black, other and Asian respondents to the British Crime Survey (2004) when compared with white respondents.

Question 16

How can the term 'ethnicity' be best defined?

A)as a social characteristic
B)As a biological category
C)As skin colour

Question 17

In terms of serious crime such as homicide, what are the risks faced by different ethnic groups?

A)there are no differences
B)black people are more at risk
C)white people are more at risk

Question 18

In self report studies which ethnic group reports the least involvement in crime?

A)White respondents
B)Black respondents
C)Asian respondents

Question 19

In terms of robbery, what is the difference between white and black self reporting of involvement in the offence?

A)no difference
B)more black offenders
C)more white offenders

Question 20

Where have the police been more successful in recruiting ethnic minorities?