6 ETHNIC MINORITIES AND CRIME
- 1. 91% 5% 3% 1% Percentage of the population by ETHNIC GROUP White Asian Black Mixed and other
- 2. 81% 6% 11% 2% Percentage of the PRISON population White Asian Black Mixed and other
- 3. Conclusions on the pie charts? • Black people and to a lesser extent Asians are over-represented in the prison population (and actually in the whole of the Criminal Justice process) e.g. Black people make up just under 3 % of the population but 11% of the prison population, Asians make up just under 5% of the population but 6% of the prison population • White people are under-represented in the prison population (and actually in the whole of the Criminal Justice process)
- 4. USA – its a more extreme pattern • Black people comprise about 13% of population but around 50% of the prison population • In America at the moment over 1 million Black people are in prison • Over 5% of all black males in America are in prison • There are more black men in prison in the US than there are black men imprisoned in the rest of the world combined
- 5. Possible Overall conclusions about ethnic groups and crime? • CONCLUSION ONE: Black people and to a lesser extent Asian people simply commit more crime • CONCLUSION TWO: There is bias and discrimination in policing and criminal justice practices • CONCLUSION THREE: both the above might be true to a greater and/or lesser extent • A lot of the material about ethnic groups and crime engages with this debate