Case Study Of Tamara Grant

Running Head: CRITICAL DISCUSSION ON THE CASE STUDY OF TAMARA GRANT
Critical discussion on the case study of Tamara Grant
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CRITICAL DISCUSSION ON THE CASE STUDY OF TAMARA GRANT1
Introduction
Reports and studies have found that the justice system has been responding to the men
and women criminals in very different manner. Given the aspects of race, gender, age, and
ethnicity, the matters of crime become even more complicated.
Race
Under the Equality Act 2010, legal protection is available for those who belong to various races.
The section 9 defines race as color, nationality, and ethnic or national origin. The core of
ethnicity lies in the sense of identity that is shared and belongs to a group of people whose
interests lie in a particular culture, faith, language, origin in terms of geography, and race. There
exists a common belief that by the racial coding, people will be easily put into boxes and
categories (Platt et al. 2018). However, that is rarely the case. The sheer amount of bi-race
parenting the existing there is no international consensus that determines the existence of race.
The process of racialization leads to the furthering of the “othering” as it involves the creation of
associations that will be considered as characteristics of the fore-mentioned racialized group
(Maibom 2008). This process of racialization has been not only normalized by the groups, but
also internalized. A few other factors that have been linked with the racialization are-
disproportionate experience when it comes to factors that have been linked to mental health, high
rate of utilization of services than other or a particular diagnosis. A dip in the rate of utilization
of services in comparison to others, poor outcomes that have been derived from the various
methods of treatments related to mental health services along with poor experience of
relationship that is associated with mental health officials. Poor mental health has also been
associated with the BAME groups that include Caribbean origins who are subjected to a high

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level of inequality in the society (Platt et al. 2018). They are also exposed to a higher rate of
detention in a psychiatric hospital, or being referred to mental health services, being diagnosed
with psychosis or any kind of community treatment orders (Maibom 2008). Many researches
have been conducted on the hypotheses that have led to various kinds of ethnic inequality in the
mental health of people. A few key factors have been identified such as the development of
psychiatry on the Western ways of looking at the world that led to a difficulty in the
transferability to various other cultures (Platt et al. 2018). The barrier of communication that
arises from difference in culture and linguistic difference, and lastly, discrimination based on
race that led to social disadvantage. As per the US Bureau of Justice Statistics, African
Americans are more likely to be sentenced to a custody, and be handed sentences that are more
lengthy the usual. In broader sense of the term, mental health and the criminology sector have
followed patterns that are closely intertwined (Platt et al. 2018). In the case of Tamara Grant, she
belongs to a mixed race (White/ Black Caribbean) that makes her vulnerable to the potential acts
if discrimination based on race. It is also evident to note that her father’s side of the family came
to the UK and had shown traits of being dysfunctional (Maibom 2008). It started with the
divorce with Tamara’s mother, and it has been stated that he was a daily wageworker who also
was periodically unable to work due to his back problems. This again was related to the bouts of
turmoil and domestic disturbances that took place prior to the divorce. Tamara’s father was
mostly under influence of alcohol, but there have been no reported police cases against him
(Maibom 2008).
Gender
Gender has always been an extremely controversial aspect when it comes to the mental
health and criminalization that is done on the basis of gender (Platt et al. 2018). While men have