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Well, the problem exists in that, if you find more people of a certain catagory doing certain crimes, is it because you're specifically looking for these people? ie if we started profiling whites, would crime numbers suddenly become more in line with the racial distribution in the US? (ie a smaller percentage of crimes alledgedly perpetrated by those of minority status . . . )
the answer is, of course, 'no', because there are a variety of factors leading to the racial distribution of criminals (opportunity, wealth, education, etc) - but it's an interesting thought, because i'm sure the numbers would definitely at least start moving toward a more equal distribution compared with overall race distributions . . .
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