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Originally Posted by nomadking
You CANNOT use overall figures without looking at the make-up of those figures. If certain groups are committing more serious crimes in a category, then they are justifiably going to get longer sentences.
The highest conviction rate in those figures is for White people at 86%.
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Are certain groups committing different crimes though to the extent it’d skew the figures to any meaningful extent? Or is that conjecture?
Is a white person more likely to benefit from privilege?
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017...bing-boyfriend