Is The Judicial System Racist?

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Is The Judicial System Racist?

Introduction

In Britain today there are 55 million people, of this 5% are Afro

Caribbean, and 2% are Asian. This would mean the prison population

should be 2% Asian, and 25% Afro Caribbean, but it is not, the actual

figures are 13% Afro Caribbean and 7% Asian. Why is the prison

population not a reflection of the ethnicity of Britain? Is it because

of society, the police, or the actual ethnic group? To find out what

is the cause, I will carry out research of my own and use previously

obtained figures. The difficulties that I might run into while

carrying out my research are that figures that I collect may not be up

to date. Other difficulties that I will run into are that people will

not have answered truthfully as they do not want to be seen as the odd

one so go along with the majority of answers, or do not want to say

that they have committed crimes. Another problem will be that the

government figures separate the ethnic groups into 'Asian', 'White',

'Afro Caribbean' and 'Other' which means I will have to use those

categories to group people as well.

Secondary Research

Home Office figures

The Home Office figures show me that of the 55 million people in the

country 2% are Asian and 5 % are Afro Caribbean. Of the 2 million

people arrested 16% are Afro Caribbean, and 7% are Asian. Also the

figures show me that more then half (58%) of all Afro Caribbean

arrests come from the metropolitan police area. A reason for this

could be that when people emigrate from a foreign country they may not

speak the language or have any qualifications. When they arrive they

normally settle around their ow...

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...home office uses these. This limited my research too as I had to use

those 4 groups when I found information. I think I used enough

statistics and the questionnaire was of ample size. I believe I

explained my beliefs and the facts in a good combination to answer the

question 'Is the Judicial System Racist' And if I had to give an

answer I would say yes, but it is not so much racism as a combination

of other things with racism (in my mind) being the biggest part.

However it is not traditional racism as the Judicial Force does not

'hate' any race they just follow the stereotypes of their society and

they are that Afro Caribbean's commit the most crime, so they are

stopped more often, meaning they are arrested more often.

Bibliography

www.statistics.gov.uk

www.courseworkhelp.co.uk

www.homeoffice.gov.uk

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