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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate to be the skunk and the garden party, but do studies like this control for like offenses?  Perhaps one demographic group of offenders is committing a disproportionate share of more serious offenses.  It would be like saying that is it is unfair that blacks are incarcerated in vastly higher numbers than whites for violent offenses in the District of Columbia.[/quote]

I've always wondered the same thing, PP. [/quote]

They are both unfair.  Whites commit the same number of crimes, per capita, but they don't get charged as often, or as harshly.

Illicit drug use among white youth is 11%.  Illicit drug use among AA youth is 9.3%.  Why are black kids getting locked up more?

Whites carry weapons more often (18% compared to 15% for blacks), but blacks get locked up for it more often.

Blacks are in fights around the same rate as whites (36% vs. 32%).  Yes, blacks are fighting more often, but why are they getting arrested at 3x the rate as whites?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-jones/are-blacks-a-criminal-rac_b_8398.html

There are many, many decision points along the way between a crime's being committed and a person being arrested and convicted for it.    To believe that racism never plays a role anywhere in this complex process is naive at best, disingenuous at worst.  [/quote]

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