Explaining the Black Homicide Rate
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Vol. 5 (2), 151-163
- https://doi.org/10.1177/088626090005002002
Abstract
Despite the disproportionately high rate of homicide among African-Americans, social scientists have offered few theories to explain this phenomenon. However, the absence of explicit theory has not meant that researchers have failed to consider questions of the etiology of homicide among Blacks. Implicit theory derived from traditional, liberal race relations research has been an integral part of quantitative studies of Black homicide. This article reviews and critiques these explanations for racial difference in the rate of homicide and notes the extent to which they have been challenged by recent scholars.Keywords
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