Black children detained by police are 15% more likely to be “criminalised”, that is charged and put into the criminal justice system, than white children detained for similar types of offences, a study has found.
Who says so? Well, Reader, I bet you can’t guess it’s yet another activist group, can you?
The report by the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), which tackles youth violence, found that black children were 14.8% less likely to be offered diversion, which can include mentoring or counselling, that usually results in them avoiding getting a criminal record at an early age.
aAns is this down to their own actions when confronted? Gosh no, it’s gotta be because the majority white society just has it in for them, eh?
The authors of the study say they have taken into account the seriousness and prior offending record, and are thus comparing like with like. The racial gap pointed to “systemic inequities”, the report said. The study examined almost 265,000 records of children aged 10 to 17 who were arrested by the Metropolitan police in London, or where a decision was made to take further action after a stop and search.
Well, they won’t be doing tpo much of that in future, I’m sure!
There is some anecdotal evidence that as black young people mistrust police more, they are less likely to admit their guilt, which is a prerequisite for being accepted for some diversion schemes.
Oh, so the answer is within their own hands, yet they don't take it up? How surprising.
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