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<blockquote data-quote="dgiharris" data-source="post: 73184869" data-attributes="member: 322579"><p>There is more to the math than that.</p><p></p><p>Take two groups of people: B and W. </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For the sake of mathematical argument, lets say that the members of Group B and W commit the exact same amount of crimes. </li> </ul><p>Members of Group B are suspected of being law breakers. Thus, police question and investigate members from Group B at 3 times the rate of Group W. </p><p></p><p>Given the above, members from Group B will easily have 3 x the arrest rate as members from Group W.</p><p></p><p>You then have a feedback loop. Police feel that Group B commits more crimes, they investigate group B more, they arrest group B more, then they look at those arrests and think "yeah, Group B commits more crimes" and thus they feel compelled to investigate Group B more... </p><p></p><p>This does NOT even factor in other possible causes, the above is just straight math. You add in other factors like human bias, stereotyping, racism, etc and it only gets worse. </p><p></p><p>So the problem is more than just a quick glance at some stats, you have to think of the factors behind the stats.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dgiharris, post: 73184869, member: 322579"] There is more to the math than that. Take two groups of people: B and W. [LIST] [*]For the sake of mathematical argument, lets say that the members of Group B and W commit the exact same amount of crimes. [/LIST] Members of Group B are suspected of being law breakers. Thus, police question and investigate members from Group B at 3 times the rate of Group W. Given the above, members from Group B will easily have 3 x the arrest rate as members from Group W. You then have a feedback loop. Police feel that Group B commits more crimes, they investigate group B more, they arrest group B more, then they look at those arrests and think "yeah, Group B commits more crimes" and thus they feel compelled to investigate Group B more... This does NOT even factor in other possible causes, the above is just straight math. You add in other factors like human bias, stereotyping, racism, etc and it only gets worse. So the problem is more than just a quick glance at some stats, you have to think of the factors behind the stats. [/QUOTE]
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