Tuesday, January 07, 2014

Large proportions of young men arrested by age 23

According to a new study, "By age 23, 49 percent of black males, 44 percent of Hispanic males and 38 percent of white males have been arrested."

Via HuffPost
Posted by Gritsforbreakfast at 8:40 AM
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Most crimes do not result in an arrest.

1/07/2014 10:56:00 AM
A Waco friend said...

Most arrests are for offenses not committed by the arrestee. Overcharging, criminalization behaviors, etc. I have observed people being arrested for walking in certain neighborhoods, a la Trayvon Martin, just for being there where some police officer thinks they do not belong.

1/07/2014 11:40:00 AM
Gritsforbreakfast said...

So 10:56, you think the percentages of youth arrested should be higher? Really?!

@ A Waco Friend, I'm not sure I'd go with "most," but certainly "many." I'd also add that many arrests are for victimless crimes such as drug possession, etc., while some crimes with victims, e.g., burglaries, are often barely investigated.

1/07/2014 12:41:00 PM
Reznicek said...

Ain't this War on (Some) Drugs just grand?

1/07/2014 06:14:00 PM
Fred said...

Some agencies loosely define "probable cause". Reasonableness is also questionable. I suspect that most arrests are made with no intention of ever obtaining a conviction. However, I have no direct statistics to support such a claim. Given the number of persons incarcerated in Texas, one can reasonably (using the same interpretation of reasonableness) conclude that arrests with no convictions are likely exponentially higher.

1/07/2014 07:27:00 PM
Anonymous said...

All hail the highest law enforcement office of the county.
It would be interesting to see the average income level of the groups in this article. That probably has more to do with the outcomes than ethnicity.

1/08/2014 06:59:00 AM
Anonymous said...

The criminalization of behavior has got to stop.

1/08/2014 12:11:00 PM

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