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Ah, but there is a known strong correlation between poverty and crime, and strong correlation between race and poverty. Any conflation of correlation with causa
by bregma 2y ago
Ah, but there is a known strong correlation between poverty and crime, and strong correlation between race and poverty. Any conflation of correlation with causation between race and crime is exclusively an attempt to obfuscate a racist political stance.
- somenameforme 2y agoYour comment has nothing to do with what's being discussed. The self reported survey claims that black individuals have no higher chance of victimization than other groups. One of the extremely few objective measurements of victimization data we have shows they are dramatically more likely to suffer at least some sorts of violent crime. This suggests that the survey data is likely flawed.
- cantSpellSober 2y ago>> there is a known strong correlation between poverty and crime > Your comment has nothing to do with what's being discussed What? The paper itself notes that it does > younger people and those with lower incomes were far more likely to report being the victim of a violent crime than older and higher-income people