CRIM 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anomie, Invisibility, Jale

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: James Williams

Document Summary

Creates the perception that certain racial groups are predisposed to crime. Certain racial groups are crime prone (belief) Make assumptions of the potential criminality of that individual. Racialization of crime is creating categories of certain crimes relating to ethnic groups. Practices like racial profiling are an example of criminalization of race. The way we think of crime and race automatically conclude to minorities of being guilty of crime because of his race. His blackness is an indication of possible criminality ( perception of race and crime) Suspicion is informed by the two terms racialization of crime and criminalization of race. Criminalization of race is assuming the because someone is a certain race they are involved in criminal behaviour. Racialization of crime systemic racism criminalization of crime. Reality: dilemmas of definition and measurement: absence of canadian statistics on race and crime.