> “We use crime data as reported to the police by the victims themselves,” he said. “If your house is burglarized or your car stolen, you are likely to file a police report.”
> But that’s not always true, according to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The agency found that only 40 percent of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported to police in 2020, which is in line with prior years.
> The agency has found repeatedly that White crime victims are less likely [1] to report violent crime to police than Black or Latino victims.
While the cited report does say that Whites report less crimes per capita than Blacks, I can find no data on the proportion of crime victims who report their crimes by race. This is an important point since we can't be sure if the racial difference is due to difference in reporting rate or difference in actual victimization rate.
Can anyone find support for the article's claim in the report?
> “We use crime data as reported to the police by the victims themselves,” he said. “If your house is burglarized or your car stolen, you are likely to file a police report.”
> But that’s not always true, according to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The agency found that only 40 percent of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported to police in 2020, which is in line with prior years.
> The agency has found repeatedly that White crime victims are less likely [1] to report violent crime to police than Black or Latino victims.
While the cited report does say that Whites report less crimes per capita than Blacks, I can find no data on the proportion of crime victims who report their crimes by race. This is an important point since we can't be sure if the racial difference is due to difference in reporting rate or difference in actual victimization rate.
Can anyone find support for the article's claim in the report?
[1] https://bjs.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh236/files/media/docu...