Concept information
Preferred term
African American victimization
Definition
- African Americans have higher rates of victimization than any other race in the United States. The most basic definition of a victim is someone who has been harmed in some way; a crime victim, then, is an individual who has been victimized by a criminal. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Victimization, African American]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/African_American_victimization
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