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Blacks Have Higher Crime Victimization Rate
Loaded on June 15, 1990
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1990, page 3
Blacks are more likely than whites to be victims of violent crime, and the crimes against black victims are generally more serious that those against whites, according to a new study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).
Filed under:
Racial Discrimination,
Crime/Demographics,
Crime,
Victims,
Statistics/Trends.
Location:
United States of America.
A review of the Bureau's National Crime Survey for the years 1979 …
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