RT Article
T1 African-Americans and serial homicide
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 17
IS 2
SP 47
OP 60
A1 Jenkins, Philip
LA English
YR 1993
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764275322
AB African-Americans are usually over-represented among offenders arrested in “normal” homicide cases, making up a considerably larger proportion than would be expected from the Black presence in the population at large. Among serial murderers, however, African-Americans are much less in evidence—perhaps one-fifth or less of known American serial killers are Black. It may be that African-Americans are in fact less involved in serial murder activity than are Anglo Whites or Hispanics; but it must also be asked whether this is simply an impression gained from the ways in which serial murder activity is identified and investigated. For a number of reasons, law enforcement agencies might be less likely to seek or find evidence of serial murder activity where the victims are Black. As homicide is primarily an intra-racial crime, this would then mean that Black serial killers would be far more likely to escape detection.
K1 Foul Play
K1 Black Offender
K1 Serial Murder
K1 Serial Killer
K1 Criminal Justice
DO 10.1007/BF02885953