Unnever And Gabbidon's Theory Of African American Offending

Jayda Colley

Assignment 8

Criminological Theory

Dr. Ruth Triplett

4-21-22

“Unnever and Gabbidon’s Theory of African American Offending”

Unnever and Gabbidon’s argument, which particularly and only focuses on blacks, makes the central claim that the severity of racial injustices black people experience is correlated with the amount of crime they commit. According to the findings of this hypothesis, black people who are subjected to racial discrimination and who “get into” the derogatory stereotype that they are violent are more prone to offend because they are more likely to exhibit heightened levels of poor self-control, rage, and sadness. The statistics also demonstrate that blacks’ exposure to racial injustices increases their risk

62 percent of black people concur that their personal circumstances are influenced by what occurs to black people in general in the United States. Black people reported experiencing discrimination in 38 percent of cases. Around 74% of black people admitted to believing in the derogatory stereotype that black people are violent. This study examined the relationship between perceptions of racial discrimination and the likelihood that black people will feel angry, have poor self-control, or experience depression, connected to the offense. Furthermore, despite adjusting for poor self-control this study examined whether beliefs about racial injustices are connected to offending. Finally, while taking into account other correlates of arrests, this study explored the relationship between perceptions of racial injustices and criminal behavior as well as drug and alcohol dependence. First, the results suggest that the majority of black people have a racialized worldview. The findings show that the majority of black people think that their situation mirrors what occurs to black people in general in the United States. Additionally, according to the research, 38% of black people claim to

According to the findings, black people are more likely to commit crimes when they have less self-control, are angrier, and are depressed. The findings also show that even adjusting for self-control, anger, sadness, and other factors, racial prejudice strongly predicts arrests and drug/alcohol dependence. Fifth, this study examined whether racial discrimination experiences and acceptance of racist stereotypes can explain black offending when other offending-related factors are taken into account. The findings support the hypothesis that, even after accounting for a wide range of alternative indicators, the experiences of being black in a racialized society still predict offense. Blacks who endure racial discrimination are more prone to commit crimes because they have higher levels of low self-control, rage, and sadness. They also “buy into” the derogatory caricature of the criminal black man. According to the findings, there is a higher chance that black people may develop a drug or alcohol dependency as a result of these racial injustice events. Additionally, additional study is required to investigate Unnever and Gabbidon’s claim that locality and gender play a role in the relationship between racial injustices and crime. According to the data, blacks live in