#BlackLivesMatter is the slogan adopted by a social movement in the USA following the deaths last year of black people by killed the police.
Racism is institutionalised and a feature of everyday life in the USA, in spite of the civil rights movement during the 1960s.
This side of the Atlantic, we were led to believe that the UK is a 'post-racial' society, where people from all ethnic groups felt safe and discrimination was something consigned to the past.
However, according to a recent report from the Young Review, Improving outcomes for young black and/or Muslim men in the Criminal Justice System, there is now greater disporportinality in the UK than there is in the USA.
Guest edited by Will McMahon, the Deputy Director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, this edition explores a variety of perspectives and experiences.
In this edition
Janet Alder tells of her brother’s unlawful killing in custody and the subsequent police surveillance of her family
By Janet Alder
Aggrey Burke writes a cautionary tale of a stigmatised minority
By Aggrey Burke
J M Moore argues that the continuation of punitive strategies is firmly rooted in colonial history
By J M Moore
Anthony Gunter traces the extent of criminalisation and how extends across institutions
By Anthony Gunter
Rebecca Roberts explores the social and historical context to disproportionality in the criminal justice system
By Rebecca Roberts
Jules Holroyd discusses recent psychological findings and how better to understand the practice within institutional settings
By Jules Holroyd
