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The underlying criminal-justice disparities and structural factors that shape who appears in the news and how the public interprets crime statistics.
broken down by race are informative but imperfect: they mix real differences in victimization and offending with distortions introduced by , reporting choices, and measurement designs . Reliable inter...
Official statistics and academic studies show measurable differences in crime rates and criminal justice outcomes across racial and ethnic groups in the United States, with Black Americans often showi...
Yes — a substantial body of research finds racial disparities in U.S. crime reporting and in news portrayals of crime, though the literature is mixed on exact patterns and causes; some studies show co...