Arrest statistics reflect surveillance bias, but homicide victimization is a cleaner measure.

Evidence

However, there is at least one criminality metric which can be comfortably regarded as relatively free of the effects of racialized policing. This more bias-free metric is the Homicide Victimization Ratio (HVR). This ratio is easily computed as the probability of being a victim of homicide if one is a subordinate in relation to the probability of being a victim of homicide if one is a dominant. Within SDT an HVR ratio substantially greater than 1.00 would be regarded as an index of self-debilitating behavior among subordinates. Examining empirical data, we see that African American males are six times more likely to be victims of lethal violence than White males of the same age (Sampson, Morenoff, & Raudenbush, 2005; see also Fingerhut, Ingram, & Feldman, 1998), with homicide being the leading cause of death among Black males aged 15–24 (see, for example, Phillips, 2002). — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 109 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Homicide victimization ratio is a policing-bias-free criminality measure — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 109; Crime statistics are constructed through discursive practices, not neutral counting; Homicide victimization ratios reveal subordinate self-debilitating behavior beyond policing bias (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Homicide victimization ratio is a policing-bias-free criminality measure #corroborates (0.95) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 109
• Homicide victimization ratios reveal subordinate self-debilitating behavior beyond policing bias #complicates (0.85)
• Crime statistics are constructed through discursive practices, not neutral counting #complicates (0.75)