An annual statistical report was published on race and the criminal justice system in England and Wales. Members of black communities were seven times more likely than their white counterparts to be stopped and searched, three-and-a-half times more likely to be arrested, and five times more likely to be in prison.
Source: Alex Jones and Lawrence Singer, Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System – 2006/7, Ministry of Justice (020 7210 8500)
Links: Report | ACPO press release | APA press release
Date: 2008-Jul
A new book brought together important material in race and ethnic studies, and provided different ways of thinking about race and ethnicity in relation to crime and the criminal justice system.
Source: Basia Spalek, Ethnicity and Crime: A Reader, Open University Press (01280 823388)
Links: Summary
Date: 2008-Jul
A new book examined hate crime as a social problem, using a victim-centred approach. Many offenders were ordinary people who offended in the context of their everyday lives.
Source: Paul Iganski, 'Hate Crime' and the City, Policy Press, available from Marston Book Services (01235 465500)
Links: Summary
Date: 2008-Jun