A Study That Bolsters the Lead-Crime Hypothesis

Re:A Study That Bolsters the Lead-Crime Hypothesis by hwillis on Monday June 05, 2017 @07:40PM (#14493359)

>the data showed that black cops are much more likely to shoot a black kid than are white cops

This is because black cops work in cities and areas with higher proportions of black people.

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Re:A Study That Bolsters the Lead-Crime Hypothesis by weberc2 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @04:34AM (#14495668)

Can you provide a citation? The studies I recall all postulated that it was because white cops didn't want to be accused of racism.

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Re:A Study That Bolsters the Lead-Crime Hypothesis by hwillis on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @12:15PM (#14498367)

this study is a much improved nationwide analysis on the county level and includes review and criticism of past publications: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2870189

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