Title: The Myth of the Black-on-Black Crime Epidemic | Demos
Headings: The Myth of the Black-on-Black Crime Epidemic
The Myth of the Black-on-Black Crime Epidemic
INCIDENTS OF VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMIZATION PER 1,000 INDIVIDUALS AGE 12 AND OLDER
Black on Black Crime Facts
Racial Inequality in the Criminal Justice System Facts

Content: According to FBI statistics 7361 Blacks were killed by fellow African-Americans in 1991. In 2011, it dropped dramatically to 2447 African-Americans. Among Black youth, rates of robbery and serious property offenses are the lowest in more than 40 years. Racial Inequality in the Criminal Justice System Facts
African Americans were two times as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with the police. In the federal system Black offenders receive sentences that are 10% longer than white offenders for the same crime. Five times as many Whites are using drugs as African Americans, yet African Americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at 10 times the rate of Whites. African Americans are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of Whites. African American juvenile youth are about 16% of the youth population, 37% of their cases are moved to criminal court & 58% of convicted African American youth are sent to adult prisons. Controlling for other factors, including severity of the offense and prior criminal history, white men aged 18-29 were 38% less likely to be sentenced to prison than their Black male peers. African American women are three times more likely than white women to be incarcerated.