Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Structural Disadvantage and Crime: White, Black, and Hispanic Comparisons

• Published in: Social science quarterly Vol. 93; no. 3; pp. 799 - 819
• Main Authors: Ulmer, Jeffery T., Harris, Casey T., Steffensmeier, Darrell
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, NJ Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2012; Southwestern Social Science Association; Wiley
• Subjects: Black people; Black White Relations; California; Census; Comparative analysis; Crime; Criminal arrests; Criminal justice; Criminal sociology. Police. Delinquency. Deviance. Suicide; Cultural differences; Cultures and civilizations; Ethnic groups; Ethnic groups. Acculturation. Cultural identity; Ethnic minorities; Heterogeneity; Hispanic Americans; Hispanic people; Hispanics; Homicide; Inequality; Murders & murder attempts; New York; Of General Interest; Poverty; Prediction; Race; Racial Differences; Racial discrimination; Regression analysis; Sociology; Sociology of law and criminology; U.S.A; Unemployment; Violence; Violent crimes; White people; Whites; United States Of America; New York; United States > US; California; USA, New York; USA, California; Poverty; Disparity; Homicide; Violence; Ethnic group

Objectives. The objective of this study is to advance knowledge on racial/ethnic disparities in violence and the structural sources of those disparities. We do so by extending scarce and limited research exploring the relationship between race/ethnic gaps in disadvantage and differences in violent c...