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by JumpCrisscross
3180 days ago
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> a huge issue is racism in law and police policies (not necessarily in individual cops) - crime statistics need to be taken with a grain of salt Homicides are one way to dis-entangle this (in jurisdictions not prone to To Kill A Mockingbird asshattery). It's objective as to when it happens. And our courts are relatively better, at least in the post-DNA era, about due process when it comes to such crimes. It appears blacks committed 52.2% of homicides from 1976 through 2005 while representing 12.3% of the population [1]. The 2013 statistic for "murder and nonnegligent manslaughter" arrests of blacks is also 52.2% [2]. That said, (a) arrest does not mean conviction and (b) we decided long ago, and rightfully so, that projecting population characteristics onto someone who did not choose to be a member of that population is morally wrong and therefore, oftentimes, illegal. [1] https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/htius.pdf page 12 [2] https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-... |
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We can take this further: It should not be compared against the total population, but segmented by traits known to be associated with violent crime, like poverty. But even then, since violence is itself cultural, I'd expect certain area's to be more unsafe than others, despite similar levels of poverty. So we'd need to look at blacks and non-blacks in those specific areas and compare those specific traits. I'm _sure_ someone has done this study, does anyone have enough familiarity with this area to provide some high quality references?