SOCI 304 Lecture 6: SOCI 304 race, ethnicity, gender, crime and victimization
8 Feb 2017
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Patterns by race and ethnicity: non-hispanic whites commit the most crime, but also represent majority of population, so rates are lower structural disadvantages and policy. Homicide data: african americans are overrepresented in crime and prisons. Latinos have higher rates of serious crime and victimization than non-hispanic whites, but have lower rates than african americans: latinos live in structurally disadvantaged homes, poverty, unemployment. Consider race/crime association because of community conditions. Individualistic fallacy = race-crime association may be spurious: may be hard to come together for common cause, makes hard to mobilize. Immigration: higher # of immigrants, less crime: level of poverty, relations with police: less history of complex relations or police brutality, less segregation of neighborhoods: less physically removed. Study of violence in chicago: found less violence among mexican americans compared to whites and blacks. Generational status: first generation has lowest crime rate, 2nd and 3rd higher, partially due to american culture. Ethnographic refers to fieldwork and field notes.
