Does ‘race’ impact on the way individuals are dealt with wit

differently based on the colour of their skin within the criminal justice system. Are

ethnic groups such as African, Asian and Caribbean at greater risk of being victimised

by the police and are these ethnic minorities facing longer sentences in the courts. It is

common fact that people have different experiences of the criminal justice system

depending on their ethnic origins, for example Black people are four times more

likely to be stopped and searched by the police than a white

person in Britain today (Home office statistics 2000).

Is this because Black people are more likely to be criminals or is it because

they are being targeted and labelled as a dangerous threat to the rest of society by

racist institutions such as the police? Box (1983) wrote ‘the concept of power is

central to the process of criminalisation’, the criminal justice system has the power to

criminalize certain people more than others.

It is important to first look back at the historical context. The history of race and

ethics is rooted in the period of European imperialism, the rise of capitalism,

synonymous with white people and Northern Europe, while unreason and

A study conducted by Hunte (1966) for the West Indian Standing conference stated:

treated like a currency to be treated for other goods.

Enlightenment philosophers codified and institutionalised both scientific and

proportion of black and Asian adults received a sentence over three years (17.4 and

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