Race, ethnicity and crime

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.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• The US, Australia and the UK
• Case study: Racial disproportion in the US
• Contexts of criminalisation
• Conclusion
• References
• Further reading
• Acknowledgements