The Negro and Crime: A Comparative Study of the Socio-Economic Factors of Negro and White Offenders Who Appeared Before the Supreme Court First Judicial District New York County in January 1965
Abstract
Though "white collar" crime is prevalent in the United States, the great bulk of recorded crime is concentrated in the lower socio-economic segment of all groups. This study will attempt to show that the differences in socio-economic factors conducive to crime will be more numerous and more severe among Negro criminals than among white criminals. It will examine these factors to determine if there is a relationship between them and the disproportionate crime among Negroes. The study will not examine the physical or psychological variations between the Negro and white criminal as they relate to criminal behavior. Accordingly the following working hypothesis was formulated: That the disparity in quantity and quality of socio-economic factors, namely: educational level, living conditions, employment, broken homes, and family size, will be closely related to the differences in crime rate between Negro and white criminals.
Subject Area
Law|Sociology|Criminology|African American Studies
Recommended Citation
Cromwell, Julius Harrison, "The Negro and Crime: A Comparative Study of the Socio-Economic Factors of Negro and White Offenders Who Appeared Before the Supreme Court First Judicial District New York County in January 1965" (1966). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI29281889.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI29281889
