1. World problems
  2. Predominance of certain ethnic groups in drug-related crime

Predominance of certain ethnic groups in drug-related crime

  • Racially-biased incidence of drug offences

Incidence

In the UK, almost 30% of prisoners serving sentences for drug offences are from the Afro-Caribbean community, which makes up just 1.3% of the population. Prisoners from the Indian sub-continent accounted for 8.2% of drugs convictions, three times their representation in the population at large.

Broader

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Predominance
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Offence
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Crime
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Bias
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced Inequality

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
J1689
DOCID
12016890
D7NID
154330
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Oct 4, 2020