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Re: Race and CrimeSherwin P. Hicks (V935CF54@TEMPLEVM.BITNET)Thu, 20 Oct 1994 20:31:15 EDT
On Wed, 19 Oct 1994 17:41:53 -0400 you said: >------- Forwarded message follows ------ > >Date sent: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 22:21:13 -0400 >Reply to: Human Behavior & Evolution Society <HBES-L@ARIZVM1.ccit.arizona.edu> >From: RUSHTON@SSCL.UWO.CA >Subject: Race and Crime >To: Multiple recipients of list HBES-L <HBES-L@ARIZVM1.ccit.arizona.edu> > Could someone please answer my question posted below???? > Rushton on Crime > > Another theoretical puzzle. In the 1990 issue of the Canadian Journal >of Criminology I collated INTERPOL data to show that around the world the >Asian/European/African gradient in violent crime found within the USA >was to be found internationally. Averaging over the 1984 and 1986 Yearbooks >and aggregating over Murder, Rape, and Serious Assault, I examined the >data from nearly 100 countries to find figures per 100,000 population >of African/Caribbean = 142; European/Middle Eastern = 74; and Pacific >Rim = 43. > > I have now completed a follow up study using the latest INTERPOL Yearbook >and find: > > COUNTRIES > > Asian European African/Caribbean > > (N = 12) (N = 41) (N = 23) > >Rates per 100,000 > >Murder 3 5 13 > >Rape 3 6 17 > >Serious Assault 27 63 213 > >TOTAL 32 75 240 > >(Some rounding errors) > > > Of course these statistics are problematic but they are remarkably >robust and are sent in by the responding country. The crime categories >are defined by INTERPOL in their Yearbooks to try to bring some >standardization. > They mean that the cause of the USA crime x race disproportions are not >due to any particulars of USA society eg the legacy of slavery, white racism. > > Try race differences in testosterone which also differentiates the >races in the predicted direction and may also help explain sexual behavior >differences and sexually transmitted disesases like AIDS. > > Knowledge may bring benefits; Ignorance and anger will not. > Could this data explain the high levels of rape, murder, and serious assault put into action, on a global basis, against People of Color during the 1400's, 1500's, 1600's, 1700's, 1800's, and the 1900's ???? Answer: Hell no!! Europeans have THE MOST violent history to date!!! I wonder how Rushton would explain this??? I guess barbarians come in all flavors. With this fact established, this debate is flat. How does one explain any expansionist effort as humane?? A hero in one culture is a murderer in another (which explains Rushton). It's all academic!! >****************************************************************************** > Juan Carlos Garelli, MD > Attachment Research Center > Juncal 1966, 6B, 1116 Buenos Aires, Argentina > E-mail: gare@psy1.satlink.net Fax: +54-1 812 5432
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