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intraracial crime  

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  • Intraracial crime is crime in which the victim and the offender are of the same race. It is most applicable in the context of heterogeneous societies, that is, in societies, such as the United States, where the potential victim pool is composed of more than one racial group. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Intraracial Crime]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/intraracial_crime

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