I first learned about this from Thomas Sowell and I was shocked because like you say: "these data challenge the mainstream media’s heightened attention on the topic of racism and inter-racial homicide."
As you pointed out many times the same thing goes for violence against women and girls; the media attention goes to female victims of violence but most victims of violence are men and boys.
Meanwhile the media wonders why less and less people want to pay for their work.
I, too, love Sowell. As I was writing a paper discovering correlations between fatherless homes and juvenile crime, I noticed the pattern of decreased crime at the same time frame you mentioned, the 90s. One likelihood that appeared in my research on this was the 1994 crime bill that Senator Biden wrote and President Clinton signed. The aftermath of this bill was a significant reduction in crime of all types across all demographics. Just another possiblity.
There's a footnote for "other" in the FBI charts I've seen that reads "Includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander." That completely ignores Hispanics, North Africans, etc. I'm guessing they're lumped in as white.
According to a JAMA study I read, "The highest homicide rates, by a substantial margin, were among Black males aged 15 to 24 years (74.6 [95% UI, 72.3-77.0] per 100 000 population) and 25 to 44 years (70.0 [95% UI, 68.4-71.4] per 100 000 population) followed by American Indian and Alaska Native males aged 15 to 24 years (24.5 [95% UI, 19.2-31.0] per 100 000 population) and 25 to 44 years (33.5 [95% UI, 28.6-38.8] per 100 000 population). Homicide rates in females were highest among American Indian or Alaska Native females aged 25 to 44 years (10.2 [95% UI, 8.1-13.0] per 100 000 population), Black females aged 15 to 24 years (9.6 [95% UI, 8.9-10.3] per 100 000 population), and Black females aged 25 to 44 years (9.1 [95% UI, 8.7-9.6] per 100 000 population). Despite males generally having higher homicide rates, American Indian or Alaska Native females aged 25 to 44 years and Black females aged 15 to 24 and 25 to 44 years had the 9th, 10th, and 11th highest homicide rates in the US among the 50 combinations of race and ethnicity, sex, and age considered in this study; these rates were higher than those among all Asian and White males."
They broke race down into 50 separate categories. The FBI only uses 3. At the end of the day, almost any way you look at it, whites are way down the list compared to other races.
Were other races not considered in this analysis or were they lumped in with whites? In the limited research I've done I have noticed that the jurisdictions keeping these statistics do not necessarily agree on which races are recognized as separate categories.
The FBI data tables include another racial category called "other." I left it off the graph, in part, because the number of homicide victims and offenders for "other" was low.
I first learned about this from Thomas Sowell and I was shocked because like you say: "these data challenge the mainstream media’s heightened attention on the topic of racism and inter-racial homicide."
As you pointed out many times the same thing goes for violence against women and girls; the media attention goes to female victims of violence but most victims of violence are men and boys.
Meanwhile the media wonders why less and less people want to pay for their work.
Keep up the good work James.
Sowell is fantastic. I have also learned a lot from his work.
I, too, love Sowell. As I was writing a paper discovering correlations between fatherless homes and juvenile crime, I noticed the pattern of decreased crime at the same time frame you mentioned, the 90s. One likelihood that appeared in my research on this was the 1994 crime bill that Senator Biden wrote and President Clinton signed. The aftermath of this bill was a significant reduction in crime of all types across all demographics. Just another possiblity.
There's a footnote for "other" in the FBI charts I've seen that reads "Includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander." That completely ignores Hispanics, North Africans, etc. I'm guessing they're lumped in as white.
According to a JAMA study I read, "The highest homicide rates, by a substantial margin, were among Black males aged 15 to 24 years (74.6 [95% UI, 72.3-77.0] per 100 000 population) and 25 to 44 years (70.0 [95% UI, 68.4-71.4] per 100 000 population) followed by American Indian and Alaska Native males aged 15 to 24 years (24.5 [95% UI, 19.2-31.0] per 100 000 population) and 25 to 44 years (33.5 [95% UI, 28.6-38.8] per 100 000 population). Homicide rates in females were highest among American Indian or Alaska Native females aged 25 to 44 years (10.2 [95% UI, 8.1-13.0] per 100 000 population), Black females aged 15 to 24 years (9.6 [95% UI, 8.9-10.3] per 100 000 population), and Black females aged 25 to 44 years (9.1 [95% UI, 8.7-9.6] per 100 000 population). Despite males generally having higher homicide rates, American Indian or Alaska Native females aged 25 to 44 years and Black females aged 15 to 24 and 25 to 44 years had the 9th, 10th, and 11th highest homicide rates in the US among the 50 combinations of race and ethnicity, sex, and age considered in this study; these rates were higher than those among all Asian and White males."
They broke race down into 50 separate categories. The FBI only uses 3. At the end of the day, almost any way you look at it, whites are way down the list compared to other races.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2830783#google_vignette
Thanks for sharing the article. I will look at it.
Were other races not considered in this analysis or were they lumped in with whites? In the limited research I've done I have noticed that the jurisdictions keeping these statistics do not necessarily agree on which races are recognized as separate categories.
The FBI data tables include another racial category called "other." I left it off the graph, in part, because the number of homicide victims and offenders for "other" was low.