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Black and Asian probationers: Implications of the Home Office study

Keele University

Bankole Cole

University of Hull

Gurpreet Kaur

Sam Lewis

University of Leeds

Peter Raynor

University of Wales

Soheila Sadeghi

University of Tehran

David Smith

Lancaster University, d.b.smith{at}lancs.ac.uk

Maurice Vanstone

University of Wales

Ali Wardak

University of Glamorgan

This article presents the main findings of a survey of Black, Asian and mixed heritage men supervised by the probation service in 2001-2003. It discusses the long-standing concern that minority ethnic groups may be subject to discriminatory treatment in the criminal justice system, and examines the probation service’s response to this concern. In the presentation and discussion of the findings, comparisons are made where possible with predominantly white probation samples. These suggest that minority ethnic offenders in the sample had received the same community sentences as white offenders with higher levels of criminogenic need. The possible meanings of this finding are explored, along with the implications of respondents’ views of what constitutes helpful probation practice.

Key Words: discrimination • ethnicity • programmes • social exclusion • supervision

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Probation Journal, Vol. 53, No. 1, 24-37 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0264550506060863


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