Blacks, Hispanics and Whites all have differing homicide rates. But how have these rates changed in recent years? In new research which examines 131 metropolitan areas, Michael T. Light takes the first look at trends in racial and ethnic homicide gaps in the US since 1990, finding that these gaps had decreased by between 35 and 50 percent. He writes that these declining trends may be explained by a growing immigrant population, and more importantly, by a rising incarceration rate which has disproportionately affected racial and ethnic minorities.
展开▼
机译：黑人，西班牙裔和白人的凶杀率各不相同。但是近年来这些费率如何变化？在一项研究131个大城市地区的新研究中，迈克尔·T·莱特（Michael T. Light）首先研究了自1990年以来美国种族和族裔杀人案差距的趋势，发现这些差距已减少了35％至50％。他写道，这些下降趋势可能是由于移民人口的增加，更重要的是，监禁率的上升对种族和少数民族的影响尤其严重。
展开▼
