Racism, ethnicity and criminology. Developing minority perspectives

In empirical and theoretical criminology references to racism and ethnicity are commonplace, although much discussion has centred on the narrowly defined race and crime' debate. In an attempt to move beyond this debate, which is focused on whether certain ethnic minorities are over-represented...

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1. VerfasserIn: Phillips, Coretta (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Bowling, Benjamin
Medienart: Elektronisch/Druck Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2003
In: The British journal of criminology
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Schlagwörter:
Diskriminierung
Ethnische Minderheiten
Ethnizität
Kriminalität
Kriminologie
Rasse
Rassismus
Strafrechtspflege
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Zusammenfassung:In empirical and theoretical criminology references to racism and ethnicity are commonplace, although much discussion has centred on the narrowly defined race and crime' debate. In an attempt to move beyond this debate, which is focused on whether certain ethnic minorities are over-represented in the prison population because of elevated rates of offending or because of discriminatory treatment in the criminal justice system, this paper proposes the formulation of minority perspectives in criminology. These would be concerned with empirical, theoretical, practical and policy issues and address matters of representation, knowledge production, the historical contextualization of minority experiences in theory development, and the ethical duties of criminologists working within a minority perspective
ISSN:0007-0955
DOI:10.1093/bjc/43.2.269