Black-white differentials in crime rates

Samuel L. Myers

doi:10.1007/BF02873445

Black-white differentials in crime rates

Samuel L. Myers

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In this paper a choice-theoretic model of participation in crime is adopted to capture some of the conventional explanations for why Blacks have higher crime rates than whites. Naively, the controversial proposition that higher black crimes rates are illusory is eschewed. Instead, it is assumed for expository purposes that Blacks really are more criminal than whites.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	133-152
Number of pages	20
Journal	The Review of Black Political Economy
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02873445
State	Published - Dec 1 1980

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