Lesson Starter• In your own words, write down

two ways that ethnic minorities are treated unequally in the legal system.

•You have 5 minutes to complete this task.

•Help each other!

What you will learn

• Some groups face inequalities with crime.

• Some groups face inequalities in housing.

Success Criteria

•Explain in what ways ethnic minorities face inequalities with crime and housing.

•Outline the problem of homelessness.

Crime and Justice• Lawyers cost a lot of money in the

USA- it is estimated that a third of death row inmates in Philadelphia would have received sentences of life imprisonment if they had not been black.

• Lawyers more likely to seek a death sentence when victim is white and are less likely to seek a death sentence when the victim is black.

Crime and Justice• Races are not treated equally in the

legal system. More black people are in jail than white people

Crime and Punishment• Crime concentrated in urban areas- called

Ghettos. • Black people more likely to be arrested for

murder. • Victims of crime are also concentrated in

the urban areas. • Ethnic minorities who live in these ghettos

or barrios are more likely to be victims of crime.

• Crimes occur within race and economic groups- poor black people more likely to be victims of crime.

Housing • In the USA, many people live in

urban areas. Some people live in the ‘ghetto’. However those who have more money may live in nice inner-city apartments.

• A lot of middle class people (black and white) live in the suburbs which tend to be safer places to live.

Task•You will see images of

different areas in the USA. On your show me board, decide if it is a feature of:

• Inner city ghetto• Inner city apartments•Middle class suburb

Plumbing and sanitation do not work properly.

Good schools with modern equipment.

Play parks are vandalised and children play in the

streets.

Drunks and drug addicts lie in hallways and on landings.

Large houses with nice gardens.

High crime rate

Streets patrolled regularly by police.

Homelessness• In the USA, over half without a home

were from an ethnic minority. • Main reason-substance abuse. • However this is being quickly

overtaken by the fact many cannot afford to stay in their homes.

• Sub prime mortgages- many cannot afford the high mortgage payments.

COPY THE DIAGRAM BELOW:

HOUSING IN THE USA INNER CITY GHETTO/ Barrio

•Poor housing- damp, overcrowded

•Dangerous- high crime rate, gang violence and drug problems

•Poor facilities- schools and shops

•Little police presence

•Vandalism

MIDDLE CLASS SUBURBS

•Large impressive homes

•less crime

•Good schools

•Police patrols

•No gangs

•Well looked after streets and gardens

Can I…•Explain in what ways ethnic

minorities face inequalities with crime and housing.

•Outline the problem of homelessness.