Why we should stop using the term “Black-on-Black crime”: an analysis across disciplines

IF 1.3 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI:10.1080/15377938.2021.1976694
D. Jones-Brown, K. Fuller, Paul Reck, Waverly O. Duck
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Abstract Official statistics document that the majority of all crime committed in the U.S. is intra-racial. Only crimes involving victims and offenders of Black racial identity have been assigned an explicitly racialized label. Drawing on work from multiple disciplines, this paper traces the historical origins of racialized crime statistics. It examines how official statistics are manipulated, through racial disproportionality analysis, to mask the amount of crime committed by Whites and to support a view that Black crime is more prevalent and dangerous than other criminal offending. We trace the origin of the term “Black on Black crime” to unsuccessful efforts by Black leaders to protect the Black community from victimization or gain equitable treatment for Black defendants. We argue that the use of the term should be abandoned, in part, because of its current use in public discourse to legitimize police and civilian violence against Blacks. Recommendations for addressing and eliminating the use of this racially charged term in public discourse, policy, and criminal justice practice are provided.
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为什么我们应该停止使用“黑人对黑人犯罪”一词:跨学科分析
官方统计资料显示,美国大多数犯罪都是种族间犯罪。只有涉及黑人种族身份的受害者和罪犯的犯罪才被明确地贴上种族化的标签。借鉴多学科的工作,本文追溯了种族化犯罪统计的历史起源。书中分析了官方统计数据是如何被操纵的,通过种族比例分析来掩盖白人犯罪的数量,并支持黑人犯罪比其他犯罪更普遍、更危险的观点。我们将“黑人对黑人犯罪”一词的起源追溯到黑人领袖为保护黑人社区不受伤害或为黑人被告争取公平待遇的失败努力。我们认为应该放弃使用这个词,部分原因是它目前在公共话语中被用来使警察和平民对黑人的暴力合法化。提出了解决和消除在公共话语、政策和刑事司法实践中使用这一带有种族色彩的术语的建议。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice explores the prejudice that currently affects our judicial system, our courts, our prisons, and our neighborhoods all around the world. This unique multidisciplinary journal is the only publication that focuses exclusively on crime, criminal justice, and ethnicity/race. Here you"ll find insightful commentaries, position papers, and examinations of new and existing legislation by scholars and professionals committed to the study of ethnicity and criminal justice. In addition, the Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice presents the latest empirical findings, theoretical discussion, and research on social and criminal justice issues.
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