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Články z EurekAlertViolent crime 'race gap' narrows, but persists in US

8. 3 2010 (06:00)

The 'race gap' in the commission of violent crime has narrowed substantially yet persists , with murder arrest rates for African Americans out-distancing those for whites -- concludes a new 80-city study by the University of Maryland, Florida State University and the University of Oregon. While the gap was cut more than half in the 1970s, it re-grew in the '80s. The researchers find it most pronounced in communities with higher divorce, unemployment and drugs rates.