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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
ananas,
crime is an equal opportunity category, but there are segments of the population who choose to take the opportunity more than others... at times those delineations are statistically linked to racial identities. so, in a way... there are crimes that are more likely to be committed by certain ethnic groups. also, it's no secret that societies that have homogeneous ethnic compositions are often very low in crime (japan, switzerland, norway). it isn't always the case, but not having societal lines able to be draw along ethnic boundaries seems to be a factor in the reduction of crime.
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irateplatypus,
What crimes would more likely be committed by certain ethnic groups? Do Blacks commit more murders? Whites commit more rapes?
Your example of Japan, Switzerland, Norway does not preclude any of those homogeneous ethnic groups from committing
any crime; e.g., murders are committed in those countries, albeit at a much lower rate than one would find in the US. My confusion about the original poster's comments was not about the
numbers of crimes committed, but his rather generalized statement about crimes and ethnic groups.