Black men have higher rates of recidivism despite lower risk factors

(Crime and Justice Research Alliance) A new study that estimated the effects of risk factors for black and white men and women found that black men were reincarcerated more often and more quickly than all others, despite having lower risk scores on nearly all of the variables on a standardized tool that assesses risk.

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