SOCI356 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Tropical Cyclone, Voluntary Manslaughter, Fokker E.Ii
4 Apr 2016
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Minority youth and crime: minority youth in court. Young racial minorities as victims and offenders a. Juveniles as victims of crimes: regardless of age, african americans have higher personal theft and violent victimization rates than other racial/ethnic minorities. Hispanics generally have higher victimization rates than non-hispanics: juvenile victims of property crime found that one of every six juveniles had been the victim of property crime. The rate was 40% higher than the property victimization rate for adults: hispanic juveniles and adults do not vary significantly in property crime victimizations, the fbi collects information about crime victims through nibrs. The most interesting finding from this analysis was that the racial and ethnic differences in risk for violent victimization disappeared when the characteristics of the youths family and community were taken into account. It seems that there is clear evidence that african america youth are overrepresented as crime victims in the united states x. xi.
