Citation

O'Brien RM. Am. J. Sociol. 1987; 92(4): 817-835.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, University of Chicago Press)

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Abstract

Several authors have recently challenged the conception that violent crimes in the United States are disproportionately intraracial. They have posited a special propensity for black offenders to seek out white victims because of black rage and have pointed to the desirable characteristics of white victims. In this paper, three models of the race of offender and victim are developed using aggregate national data on homicide (from the Uniform Crime Reports), rape, aggravated assault, simple assault, and robbery (from the National Crime Surveys.) Whatever measures are used, violent crimes are found to be intraracial to a far greater extent than statistically expected under these models. A structural explanation of these findings is presented. (Abstract Adapted from Source: American Journal of Sociology, 1987. Copyright © 1987 by The University of Chicago Press)

Interracial Violence
Intraracial Violence
Racial Factors
Racial Differences
Racial Comparison
Caucasian Offender
Caucasian Victim
Caucasian Violence
Caucasian Crime
Aggravated Assault Offender
Aggravated Assault Victim
Crime Victim
Victim Characteristics
Offender Characteristics
Robbery Offender
Robbery Victim
African American Crime
African American Offender
African American Victim
African American Violence
Black-White Comparison
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