Race and crime in the United States

The relationship between race and crime in the United States has been a topic of public controversy and debate for more than a century.Gabbidon & Greene (2005a:ix-x); Gabbidon & Greene (2005b:37). 

Since the 1980s, the debate has focused on the causes of some minorities at all stages of the criminal justice system, including arrests, racial background of violent criminals as identified by their victims, prosecutions and incarcerations.Gabbidon & Greene (2005b:37); Bowling (2006:140). See also Sampson & Wilson (2005:177-178); Myrdal (1988:88). Federal Prosecutors of African American and Hispanic defendants are twice as likely to push for mandatory minimum sentences, leading to longer sentences and disparities in incarceration rates for federal offenses.Rehavi and Starr (2012) "Racial Disparity in Federal Criminal Charging and Its Sentencing Consequences" Working Paper Series, no. 12-002 (Univ. of Michigan Law & Economics, Empirical Legal Studies Center) Certain ethnic groups, such as Asians and African Americans, were up to 100 times more likely to be misidentified than white men.https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/12/19/federal-study-confirms-racial-bias-many-facial-recognition-systems-casts-doubt-their-expanding-use/ Federal study confirms racial bias of many facial-recognition systems, casts doubt on their expanding use, Washington Post, 19 December 2019

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