... 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 ... . So even from the simple example of employment inside the system it is clear to see that "race" does affect the way people are treated by the criminal justice system. Word count 2005 ...

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