Senior researcher in public services @Instituteforgov. Passionate about crime. Formerly @CrestAdvisory. Also trustee @EndometriosisUK
Cassia Rowland
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Race and ethnicity aren’t the same as sex and the ways they interact and shape people’s lives are very different. But it’s helpful to illustrate why *equal or fair* treatment doesn’t necessarily mean — and is sometimes incompatible with — *identical* treatment.
Cassia Rowland
All of these things will, and should, affect how the police and broader justice system respond to them. That doesn’t mean the system is prejudiced one way or the other. But you can’t meet people’s needs by treating them all the same.
Absolutely right & imo gets to a critical challenge for policing now: inevitably footage of crimes (from riots to shoplifting) gets more attention online than hearing some people have been arrested. bc the crime is much more visible than the consequences, it feeds a sense of lawlessness
Women who come into contact with the criminal justice system are (even) more likely than men to have been victims of abuse or criminal exploitation. They are more likely to have caring responsibilities. They’re less likely to be violent, more likely to self-harm and less likely to die by suicide.
I’ve gotten enough whispered compliments on my rainbow crocs (of all things) that I no longer dunk on individuals’ “performative” pride gestures. Safety is still very much a going concern for many queer people.
I think this is at the core of the issue re anti-racism guidance. Similar example: should police treat men and women the same? In some ways, clearly yes: a woman who commits a crime should get the same treatment as a man who commits an equivalent crime. But in practice it’s more complicated:
There is a lot of variation across crime type and different police forces, but broadly the number of arrests and of charges, cautions etc tracks the number of crimes. It’s much smaller, because loads of crimes are never solved! But the overall rate has stayed roughly similar
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Cassia Rowland
Cassia Rowland
More in Common's Luke Tryl joins the podcast from Makerfield to discuss how this peculiar by-election is shaping how voters are thinking.
- It also seems uncontentious that service delivery should take account of individuals' circumstances and ensure that people aren't disadvantaged because of those circumstances, which I think is where 'not treating everyone the same' comes in.
