Victims of crime Class Gender Age Ethnicity Victims of Crime Working class Male Youths Ethnic minorities black Working class Male Youths Ethnic minorities LO To analyse the governments attempts to tackle racially motivated crime ID: 378680
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Commit crimeVictims of crimeClass?Gender?Age?Ethnicity?
Victims of Crime
Working class
Male
Youths
Ethnic minorities (black)
Working class
Male
Youths
Ethnic minorities
L.O. To analyse the government’s attempts to tackle racially motivated crimeSlide2
Phillips and Bowling (2007) indicate that there have been more than 150 racist murders over the last 35 years in Britain.Is this figure high or low?Are crimes against ethnic minorities always/usually racially motivated?Phillips and Bowling (2007) argue that most crime (85%) committed against ethnic communities is not racially motivatedSlide3
If you were the government, how would you tackle the problem of racially motivated crime?Slide4
Legislation = LawsCrime and Disorder Act 1998Created new offences forRacially aggravated assaultRacially aggravated criminal damageRacially aggravated harassmentHow do we know if something is racially motivated?Can we get inside someone’s head?Slide5
Evidence – What percentage of crime is racially aggravated?2002/03 British Crime Survey 4% mixed race3% Asian2% black2% Chinese/other originLess than 1% whiteJannson (2006)20% of black vandalism victims thought the crime was racially motivatedLess than 1% of white vandalism victims though the crime was racially motivated11% of police reported harassment was racially or religious motivated in 2007/08British Crime Survey1999/2000 – 10,758 racially or religiously aggravated harassment2006/07 – 28,4852007/08 – 26,495Walklate (2007) argues that statistics are likely to underestimate the extent to which routine harassment is part of the everyday lives of people from minority ethnic groups.Slide6
The extent of crimeL.O. Consider the impact of crime on people and societyAnalyse the government’s attempts to tackle racially aggravated offences Evaluate the reliability of statistical dataSlide7
How far would Sociologists agree that the government is doing enough to tackle racially motivated offences? Jannson (2006)20% of black vandalism victims thought the crime was racially motivatedLess than 1% of white vandalism victims though the crime was racially motivated11% of police reported harassment was racially or religious motivated in 2007/08British Crime Survey1999/2000 – 10,758 racially or religiously aggravated harassment2006/07 – 28,4852007/08 – 26,495Walklate (2007) argues that statistics are likely to underestimate the extent to which routine harassment is part of the everyday lives of people from minority ethnic groups.Crime and Disorder Act 1998Created new offences forRacially aggravated assaultRacially aggravated criminal damageRacially aggravated harassmentIf racially motivated offence = harsher sentenceCitizenship compulsory in England since 2002Slide8
What is the difference between Measurement research, studies of the impact of crime and studies of the role of victims?How does white collar crime impact victims and society?Why does youth crime generate debate?What has the government done to try to tackle youth crime?What are the main official sources of crime statistics?Why might victim surveys not be a reliable source?Why might self report studies not be a reliable source?Why might official crime statistics from the Home Office not be a reliable source?