Deck 18: Race and Racialized Crime

Question 1

Which of the following best defines 'racialised crime'?

A) Crime is radical
B) Racial meaning is socially associated with types of crime
C) The race is never a factor in how crime is perceived
D) Crime is committed more by people of a certain race

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the processes of racialisation?

A) People are divided based on racial characteristics
B) Racially based characteristics are ignored when perceiving and making decisions regarding criminal or deviant behaviour
C) People of different races become more likely to commit certain types of crime
D) Racially based real and imagined biological/cultural characteristics are used to render BAME groups criminal or deviant

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following best describes 'Xeno-racisim'?

A) A new word for racism
B) A newer type of cultural racism that has less of a negative impact than 'traditional' racism
C) A way to combat normalised racism
D) A newer type of cultural racism that combines different types of discrimination to become context-specific and normalised as acceptable

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following describes the biological positivist approach to race and crime?

A) Race-based characteristics are not biological
B) Race-based characteristics are used to explain criminal behaviour
C) Race-based characteristics are unrelated to criminal behaviour
D) Race-based characteristics are biological

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT an example of racialised crime?

A) Modern-day terrorism
B) The 'mugging' moral panic of the 1970s
C) Sexual abuse post-2012
D) Speeding in the 1990s

Question 6

Which of the following best describes 'social constructionism'?

A) The over-representation of BAMEs in the criminal justices system is explained as a result of bias, Labelling theory and power
B) The over-representation of BAMEs in the criminal justices system is explained as a result of biological characteristics
C) The over-representation of BAMEs in the criminal justices system is explained as a result of race-based psychological characteristics
D) The over-representation of BAMEs in the criminal justices system is explained as a result of problematic family formations

Question 7

What are the two key points used to explain BAME experiences of criminal justice according to Critical Race Theory?

A) 'Biological positivism' and ' Interest convergence'
B) 'Differential racialisation' and 'Interest convergence'
C) 'Differential racialisation' and 'Biological positivism'
D) 'Social constuctionism' and 'Interest convergence'

Question 8

Which of the following best describes 'differential racialisation'?

A) Different racial groups have different experiences within society and several factors inform how they are perceived and treated in the criminal justice system
B) White ethnic groups manipulate notions of 'race' and racial issues in order to protect their own interests
C) Different racial groups have the same experiences within society and they are perceived and treated equally in the criminal justice system
D) Different racial groups have different biological and psychological characteristics that inform how often they interact with the criminal justice system

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of including minority perspectives in criminology?

A) They are often better informed about how racialized crime affects minority communities
B) They challenge White hegemonic (Colonialist and Orientalist) ideas about 'Black crime'
C) They provide a critical understanding of race and racialized crime
D) They help demonstrate that academic institutions are not racist

Question 10

What are the aims of Black Feminist Criminology?

A) To exclusively explore gender in relation to crime and criminal justice
B) To explore the intersectionality of race and gender and how this can impact the specific experiences and perceptions of BAME women in regards to crime and criminal justice
C) To ignore other races and gender identities
D) To explore the biological characteristics of BAME women