Theories of Crime and Deviance - Gilroy | A Level Sociology

welcome to this tutor to you sociology topic video on theories of crime and deviant looking at the work of Paul Gilroy Paul G was a founding director of the study of race and racism at University College London and has written extensively on the experience of colonialism and the experience of Caribbean migrants in Britain from the

1970s to the current date some of his most noted Works include the at no black in the Union Jack and The Empire Strikes Back Gilroy is noted is work in criminology particularly his suggestion that there is a myth of black criminality in the UK in this video we're going to look at the work of Paul

Gilroy and how it explains the over representation of black Caribbeans and other minority ethnic groups in crime statistics critical of the impacts of colonialism Gilroy suggests that for many Asian African and Caribbean communities in the UK the scars of colonial exploitation and imperialist violence remain fresh in the memory despite the mass migration to the UK

from former colonies that had gained independence in the aftermath of World War I the history of struggles against colonial rule in countries such as India Nigeria Ghana and the Caribbean led to the development of techniques to avoid exploitation and oppression and according to Gilroy much of this knowledge was transmitted to the UK with

those that migrated in search of employment and opportunity the pro protests demonstrations and other forms of direct action taken prior to Independence became part of the culture of the first generation of migrants into the UK Gilroy states that the experiences of exploitation and oppression in the early waves of migration left many drawing