Is the media portrayl of street crime representitive of a new moral panic?

Monday, 26 November 2007

Broken homes...is this the problem??

Black teenagers commit high levels of street crime and carry guns because they come from broken homes and have little faith in the police, it has been claimed.

A report by MPs revealed that although young blacks make up less than 3 per cent of the population of ten to 17-year-olds, they account for 26 per cent of arrests for robbery within that age group.

They also represent 6 per cent of those from the age group in the criminal justice system, and 8.5 per cent of those arrested for all crimes, including a disproportionate number of drug offences. They are also more likely to be responsible for, and victims of, gun murders.

Source BBC news

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