Subcultures of violence and African American crime rates

Barry Latzer

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2018, vol. 54, issue C, 41-49

Abstract: A re-examination of the relationship between socioeconomic adversities and crime, especially when focused on violent crime by African Americans over long time periods, suggests that the prevailing reliance on purely structural analysis is insufficient and that analysis relying in part on cultural factors will be advantageous in explaining elevated or relatively low violent crime rates of particular social groups.

Keywords: African Americans; Structural analysis; Subculture of violence; Black-on-black crime; Honor culture; Racial invariance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.12.006

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