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I'm not sure why consistency with city demographics should matter. Shouldn't it be aligned with the racial demographics of the typical victim? In Chicago, for
by kolbe 9y ago
I'm not sure why consistency with city demographics should matter. Shouldn't it be aligned with the racial demographics of the typical victim?
In Chicago, for instance, 75% of homicide victims are black despite only representing 32% of the population. If a discrepancy that large can exist in homicide data, I'm sure a similar one can be seen for rape in Detroit.
- ancap 9y agoYou're right, which is further evidence of the lack of a conspiracy. If we assume that most rapes occur disproportionally in poorer neighborhoods, then 86% of Detroit rapes from 1984-2009 happening to poorer black women sounds quite probable.
- pasquinelli 9y agobut that could be evidence of a different "conspiracy", not about testing rape kits but about policing black neighborhoods-- maybe not enough policing, or maybe policing of a sort that simply doesn't have any good effect on violent crime.