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Black Crime Sociology

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Racial invariance positions and sociological viewpoints on race and race contrasts in conditions and should account for the racial composition or black effect on level violence rates. Examination led in 1990 gives blended or opposite confirmation to this position, demonstrating that greater concentrations of blacks are connected to increased violence after accounting for racial differences in socioeconomic conditions. Black violent crimes is highly relevant in today’s society. Most crimes are committed by African Americans due to many factors but where are these factors taking place and who else is taking place in these crimes other than the targeted ethnicity. According to racial placements and main sociological perspectives …show more content…

Arrest data are well suited for measuring violence because they reflect violent offending/ offenders, as compared to offense data that reflect violent occurrences. The more serious offenses of homicide and robbery that are well established as measures of violent offending. (Feldmeyer 22) After conducting the proper research and gathering data as hypothesized, its found that racial/ ethic composition effects on violence are stronger and much more persistent in larger and more urbanized places. Overall racial and ethnic composition effects on violence is more robust then other small places. The hypothesis was proven. This article addresses black violence and where it comes from and compares black violence to Latinos. It shows the increased concentrations of blacks are connected to increased violence after accounting for racial differences in socioeconomic conditions. This research will definitely build a bridge toward my thesis because it embodies a different approach and different perspective when analyzing black violence. It adds a unique factor towards the huge topic that 's always

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