Race and Crime
Work cited
"Crime and Race." Issues & Controversies On File 4 Apr. 2003. Issues & Controversies. Facts On File News Services. 6 Oct. 2008 <http://www.2facts.com/>.
For many years, statistics have shown That African Americans are arrested and put in jail for doing crimes more often then any other race or ethnicity.
Although blacks make up only 13 % of the population of the U.S., they make up about 31 % of all arrests according to the FBI.
Police intending to look for illegal drugs or weapons stop more Hispanics and blacks then they do whites.
In 1996, the us prison population 49% black, 48% white, and 2 percent Native American.
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