This essay discusses some of the major facets of the race, ethnicity, and crime topic and identifies the major questions that need to be addressed. It reviews the development of criminological interest in this topic from the 1920s to the present. Furthermore, it reviews the evidence on race and crime and on ethnicity and gang behavior. Finally, it examines a number of recent statements that have addressed issues of public policy related to “underclass” crime.
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Don C. Gibbons (1997) studied this question.
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