One part of the 2020 NCVS that deserves attention--and tracks previous years--is to note that (non-lethal) violent victimization rates among whites and Blacks are roughly the same.
Which contradicts the conventional "Black and Black Crime!" type narratives.
Which contradicts the conventional "Black and Black Crime!" type narratives.
It is, of course, inarguably true Blacks are the victims of a grossly disproportionate share of homicides-- abt 50% of the victims per year.
But another good reminder that we should be wary of extrapolating narratives of murder to narratives abt victimization in general.
But another good reminder that we should be wary of extrapolating narratives of murder to narratives abt victimization in general.
And for those in the statistical weeds, the BJS--unlike the FBI!--gives us standard errors. Here they are for 2020 for the racial victimization table.
This is a fair caveat to keep in mind: NCVS victimization appears well below what hospital data suggests, in ways that suggest the missing cases are not random. But also worth noting other groups have surprising gaps here too.
https://twitter.com/geoffreyfw/status/1450882214904975369
More than anything else, it’s a great reminder that we need to study crime and victimization across a wide range of datasets. That needs to be the norm, not something done in solely in academic books.
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