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In the United States, the relationship between race and crime has been a topic of public controversy and scholarly debate for more than a century. [1] Crime rates vary significantly between racial groups; however, academic research indicates that the over-representation of some racial minorities in the criminal justice system can in part be explained by socioeconomic factors, [2] [3] such as ...
Violent crime rate per 100k population by state (2023) [1] This is a list of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate. It is typically expressed in units of incidents per 100,000 individuals per year; thus, a violent crime rate of 300 (per 100,000 inhabitants) in a population of 100,000 would mean 300 incidents of violent crime per year in that entire population, or 0.3% out of the total.
Race has been a factor in the United States criminal justice system since the system's beginnings, as the nation was founded on Native American soil. [32] It continues to be a factor throughout United States history through the present, with organizations such as Black Lives Matter calling for decarceration through divestment from police and prisons and reinvestment in public education and ...
Officials in North Carolina's capital city have agreed to a $2 million settlement in a federal lawsuit that alleged more than a dozen Black men were wrongfully arrested and jailed on drug charges.
According to official FBI statistics, [71] in 2015, 51.1% of people arrested for homicide were African American, even though African American people account only for 13.4% of the total United States population. [72]
Your Guide to North Carolina's 2024 General Election. Registration deadline: Oct. 11, 2024. Early voting begins: Oct. 17, 2024. Election Day: Nov. 5, 2024. All eyes will be focused on the ...
See live updates of North Carolina election results from the 2024 election, including Senate and House races, state elections and ballot initiatives.
In 2008, North Carolina had 504 state and local law enforcement agencies. [3] Those agencies employed a total of 35,140 staff. [3] Of the total staff, 23,442 were sworn officers (defined as those with general arrest powers). [3]