Reasons for high criminality
of afro carribean (structural)
Lea and Young (Left Realists)
First people to
acknowledge Black people
are more likely to be
involved in street crime then
whites
Reasons
Marginilisation
Relative deprivation
Sub cultural response
Family structure- Murray- only 60% of young
black males live with just
one parent normally the
mother
Mass Media- According to new right and
conservative thinkers 'rap music'
encourages 'Bling, violence and
criminality'
However according to Interactionists official
statistics are a 'social construction'
Hall, Gilroy, holdaway: only tell
us about the involvement with
the criminal justice system which
is a reflecting of policing strategy
and discrimination
Functionalism educational success- 2006 only
23% of afro carribean boys got 5 GCSES.
Subcultural theorists
Cohen,
Cloward and
ohlin
Merton
Macpherson report and 'Insitutional Racisim'
'Canteen Culture' -Holdaway. Amongst
the police including suspicion, macho
values, and racism which encourages
racist stereotypes and a mistrust of
people from non-white backgrounds
Case study: Stephen Lawrence
Policing 'opressive policing' Ethnic
minorities are more likely to be stopped
and searched Phillips and Bowling
Phillips and Bowling officers are more
likely to hold negative stereotypes about
ethnic minorities reinforced by canteen
culture
Neo Marxism - Hall saw a moral panic over
black muggers that served at the interests of
capitalism (at a time of crisis)
The myth of of the black mugger
served as a scapegoat and divided
the lower classes this weakened
the opposition to Capitalism
Criticisms- inner city residents fears of
mugging are realistic (left realism)