A reason for reasonable doubt in social justice: the weight of poverty, race and gender in lopsided homicide case clearances outcomes

Alonzo DeCarlo

Contemporary Social Science, 2016, vol. 11, issue 4, 362-372

Abstract: Threats to and lack of social justice in response to homicide victims in the USA is one of the most provocative topics of inquiry. The current study empirically scrutinises a decade of data and statistical trends regarding case clearances for homicide victims. The relationship between a homicide victim's race, age, gender and poverty status of their residential area was examined. Analysis of the circumstances and type of weapon used were also examined in conjunction with the status of the offender. The investigation of patterns over 10 years reveal that homicide victims who live in cities with high poverty and who happen to be young, African-American and male are less likely to have their case solved or cleared.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/21582041.2014.997275

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