If you want to quibble that government is more likley to make things that men, the young and black people do, illegal feel free to, but considering all three opening statements are also true for violent crimes and that victim reports basically match arrest ratios on all of them. I think all three are blatantly obviously true, but somewhat impolite to state.
Especially since the given numbers more or less match the findings of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). A factor of 7 is pretty much in the range for some crimes, though I don’t recall which ones off hand as this really is a boring subject. But even if the real numbers are like 6 or 5 or 4 times for rape or murder or aggravated assault (for blacks in general the numbers are somewhere there, though obviously men are more criminal than women) else is pretty much nitpicking since it dosen’t undermine Aurini’s point if we are talking about such huge numbers.
But I do recall something interesting, the arrest ratios basically match the crime victim surveys. Also recall that most black crime is black on black.
Doesn’t this just show that the judicial system is neither more nor less racist than the victims? (Honest question, and does not per se invalidate your conclusion.)
Also recall that most black crime is black on black.
Consider that white on black violent crime is seen a big deal in American society, since it nearly instantly raises suspicions of racial motives and is disproportionately interesting to the media, wouldn’t the average black person tend to remember such encounters? A different possible explanation could be that white people recall or report less crime than black people in general but… really?
But even if the real numbers are like 6 or 5 or 4 times [...] else is pretty much nitpicking
Edited to explicitly mark it as such.
But I do recall something interesting, the arrest ratios basically match the crime victim surveys. Also recall that most black crime is black on black.
Interesting. The right question for a white person concerned with their safety to be asking is not whether black people or white people are more violent, it is whether black people or white people are more violent against white people; so, are the answers to these two questions different?
Interesting. The right question for a white person concerned with their safety to be asking is not whether black people or white people are more violent, it is whether black people or white people are more violent against white people; so, are the answers to these two questions different?
Interesting question.
Well we can first check out whether violent black & white criminals show any patterns in the kinds of victims they choose. According to the NCVS (2008) a little over half of the victims of black violent crime are white people.
Considering the multipliers I think the answer to these two questions is probably the same.
Nah.
As I have said before:
Especially since the given numbers more or less match the findings of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). A factor of 7 is pretty much in the range for some crimes, though I don’t recall which ones off hand as this really is a boring subject. But even if the real numbers are like 6 or 5 or 4 times for rape or murder or aggravated assault (for blacks in general the numbers are somewhere there, though obviously men are more criminal than women) else is pretty much nitpicking since it dosen’t undermine Aurini’s point if we are talking about such huge numbers.
But I do recall something interesting, the arrest ratios basically match the crime victim surveys. Also recall that most black crime is black on black.
Doesn’t this just show that the judicial system is neither more nor less racist than the victims? (Honest question, and does not per se invalidate your conclusion.)
I think this is why he emphasised:
Consider that white on black violent crime is seen a big deal in American society, since it nearly instantly raises suspicions of racial motives and is disproportionately interesting to the media, wouldn’t the average black person tend to remember such encounters? A different possible explanation could be that white people recall or report less crime than black people in general but… really?
Edited to explicitly mark it as such.
Interesting. The right question for a white person concerned with their safety to be asking is not whether black people or white people are more violent, it is whether black people or white people are more violent against white people; so, are the answers to these two questions different?
Interesting question.
Well we can first check out whether violent black & white criminals show any patterns in the kinds of victims they choose. According to the NCVS (2008) a little over half of the victims of black violent crime are white people.
Considering the multipliers I think the answer to these two questions is probably the same.