Figures from a 2004 Youth Justice Board report, Differences or Discrimination, showed that Black young people were nearly seven times more likely to be given a sentence of 12 months or longer at a crown court than their White peers.
The Home Affairs Select Committee will consider the justifications for the connections often made between Black young people and crime, and whether they do actually commit more crime than White young people. The committee will also look at "other possible causes" of over-representation.
Written evidence should be submitted to the committee by 26 April.
www.parliament.uk.
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