Below is a report that indicates that 50% of black men have been arrested at least once for a non-traffic related offense by the time they are 23 years of age. The methodology on how these statistics were derived may be questionable ( it was a survey rather than statistical analysis) but if this is an accurate accounting of what is happening in the community it is heart wrenching. I have no answers non any concrete reasons for this behavior ( by the way whites at 38% and Hispanics at 44% are also abysmal) . Racism, lack or parental guidance, no morals, no education, etc., no one thing and at the same time everything may be the cause. Does anyone have an explanation for this? according to a study published in January 2014 in the journal Crime & Delinquency. Nearly 50 percent of black men are arrested at least once on non-traffic-related crimes by the time they turn 23, according to a study published in January 2014 in the journal Crime & Delinquency. Getty Images Associated Press Nearly 50 percent of black men and 40 percent of white men are arrested at least once on non-traffic-related crimes by the time they turn 23, according to a new study. One of the authors of the study published this month in the journal Crime & Delinquency said the statistics could be useful in shaping policy so that people arent haunted by arrests when they apply for jobs, schools or public housing. Many, many people are involved with the criminal justice system at this level, said Shawn Bushway, a University at Albany criminologist. And treating them all as if theyre hardened criminals is a serious mistake. The peer-reviewed estimates didnt rely on arrest records but instead on an annual federal Bureau of Labor Statistics survey of about 7,000 young people who answered questions each year from 1997 to 2008 on a range of issues — including if they had ever been taken into custody for something other than a traffic offense. Self-reported crimes ranged from underage drinking to violent assaults. The authors found that by age 18, 30 percent of black men, 26 percent of Hispanic men and 22 percent of white men have been arrested. By 23, those numbers climb to 49 percent for black men, 44 percent for Hispanic men and 38 percent for white men. Among women, 20 percent of blacks, 18 percent of whites and 16 percent of Hispanics were arrested at least once by age 23.
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 02:54:39 +0000
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