Race and crime
correlation between race and crime
Research into the relationship between race and crime has grown rapidly in recent years. More specifically, the research delves into the potential cause and effects of racial disparities in crime. This includes but is not limited to, disadvantages and inequality (racially, socially and economically), disparities in education, employment/unemployment, poverty, social status, and social/familial structure. Also of notable interest, is the role of exposure in childhood to violent behavior, another potential cause of racial disparities in crime.
Research conducted in Europe and the United States on the matter has been widely published, particularly in relation to discrimination by criminal justice systems. However, there is also a wide variety of research that branches off from this topic of discrimination by the criminal justice system. It has been argued that evidence for discrimination by the criminal justice system (and racial disparities occurring as a result) are potentially over interpreted and lacking supportive evidence. Therefore, it is important to consider other potential aspects of race as a correlate of crime and the multitude of potential causes and effects incorporated.
Race and Crime on Women and Girls
Researcher Harmon and Boppre shed light onto the potential causes of the rise in the racial disparity between Black and White females by examining changes in the relative odds of Black female imprisonment to White female imprisonment. They found that the war on crime ultimately affected all racial groups in America, but the effects were more pronounced among African Americans and Latinos.
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