This free course, Race, ethnicity and crime, briefly examines the relationships between race and ethnicity, and crime, criminalisation and criminal justice. It considers the relationship between crime and cultural difference; the notion of 'criminalisation' and how its processes affect individuals and their opportunities; and the lived consequences of racialisation. Specifically, you will examine the ways in which these criminalisations which lead to the over-policing, over-incarceration and under-protection of particular populations lie at the heart of critical criminological arguments.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- The US, Australia and the UK
- Case study: Racial disproportion in the US
- Contexts of criminalisation
- Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Acknowledgements
