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12 August 2021

Higher deportation rates don’t necessarily demonstrate ‘disproportionate targeting’ of Jamaicans

The data is not entirely reliable, and there may be multiple reasons why deportation rates vary, including whether deportation would affect someone’s human rights.

14 May 2021

A George Floyd mural in Manchester was not chosen over a Lee Rigby memorial

A Facebook post falsely claims that Manchester councillors approved a George Floyd mural over one of Lee Rigby.

24 March 2021

Burnt-out police car in Bristol protests was not fake

An image of a burnt-out police car taken during protests in Bristol is not ‘a prop’

24 July 2020

Many children have been the victims of grooming gangs, but there’s no evidence for a figure of one million

We can’t objectively compare the public response to grooming gangs with Black Lives Matter

4 October 2018

Cannabis kids: are more under-18s being prosecuted for supplying the drug?

Fewer 10 to 17 year-olds have been prosecuted for the cultivation and possession of cannabis over the last 10 years, but increasing numbers for the possession with intent to supply, …

20 April 2018

Stop and search: higher arrest rate?

The number of stop and searches fell by 78% between 2009/10 and 2016/17, with the proportion leading to arrests rising from 8% to 17% in the same period.

5 October 2017

Young people and race in the criminal justice system

The number of young offenders has fallen to a record low, but the proportion of BAME young offenders in custody has risen over the last ten years.

28 November 2016

Young offenders from ethnic minorities

HM Inspectorate of Prisons found that 47% of people in young offender institutions said they were black, Asian or minority ethnic in 2015/16.

9 August 2016

Black people and justice: the viral poster, factchecked

A poster about the differences between white and black people's experiences of work and criminal justice in the UK has been circulating on social media.

5 August 2016

Black people and criminal justice

Black people are over-represented at several different stages in the criminal justice process, and there’s some evidence to suggest racial bias.

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Higher deportation rates don’t necessarily demonstrate ‘disproportionate targeting’ of Jamaicans

A George Floyd mural in Manchester was not chosen over a Lee Rigby memorial

Burnt-out police car in Bristol protests was not fake

Many children have been the victims of grooming gangs, but there’s no evidence for a figure of one million

Cannabis kids: are more under-18s being prosecuted for supplying the drug?

Stop and search: higher arrest rate?

Young people and race in the criminal justice system

Young offenders from ethnic minorities

Black people and justice: the viral poster, factchecked

Black people and criminal justice

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