There may be another issue here, hidden in the statistics, but hard to deal with.
How many reported crimes are not solved by the police, and how many are never reported? And (of course we don't know) how many of those unsolved cases were committed by white folks?
If a black criminal is more likely to get caught than a white one, no wonde…
There may be another issue here, hidden in the statistics, but hard to deal with.
How many reported crimes are not solved by the police, and how many are never reported? And (of course we don't know) how many of those unsolved cases were committed by white folks?
If a black criminal is more likely to get caught than a white one, no wonder crime rates for black people seem higher.
And that ignores the other question: how often are people convicted for crimes they didn't actually commit, and are there racial differences there too?
It's tempting to say stuff about people like the very wealthy families committing white-colour crime - corruption, drug companies pushing highly addictive substances at doctors, landlords & company owners breaking the rules, all that stuff. There are a lot of wealthy crims out there who never see a court-room.
But the real lesson is: don't believe the statistics until you think around what's not being measured.
There may be another issue here, hidden in the statistics, but hard to deal with.
How many reported crimes are not solved by the police, and how many are never reported? And (of course we don't know) how many of those unsolved cases were committed by white folks?
If a black criminal is more likely to get caught than a white one, no wonder crime rates for black people seem higher.
And that ignores the other question: how often are people convicted for crimes they didn't actually commit, and are there racial differences there too?
It's tempting to say stuff about people like the very wealthy families committing white-colour crime - corruption, drug companies pushing highly addictive substances at doctors, landlords & company owners breaking the rules, all that stuff. There are a lot of wealthy crims out there who never see a court-room.
But the real lesson is: don't believe the statistics until you think around what's not being measured.