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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: Race Soc Probl. 2009 Nov 26;1(4):187–199. doi: 10.1007/s12552-009-9019-x

Table 4.

Within-race deviations (in parentheses) between arrest, admission, and in-stock RPs for two-group comparisons (whites to blacks, whites to Hispanics, and blacks to Hispanics) for Pennsylvaniaa

Arrests → Admissions
Arrests → In-stock
White
(1)		 Black
(2)		 White
(3)		 Black
(4)
(a) Within-race deviations in white and black RPsa
 Homicide –
–		 –
–		 –
–		 –
–
 Rape Disadvantage
(8.56)		 Advantage
(8.56)		 Disadvantage
(2.86)		 Advantage
(2.86)
 Robbery –
–		 –
–		 –
–		 –
–
 Agg. assault Advantage
(3.54)		 Disadvantage
(3.54)		 Advantage
(5.69)		 Disadvantage
(5.69)
 Violent index –
–		 –
–		 Advantage
(3.65)		 Disadvantage
(3.65)
Arrests → Admissions
Arrests → In-stock
White
(1)		 Hispanic
(2)		 White
(3)		 Hispanic
(4)
(b) Within-race deviations in white and Hispanic RPsb
 Homicide –
–		 –
–		 –
–		 –
–
 Rape Disadvantage
(7.33)		 Advantage
(7.33)		 Disadvantage
(10.49)		 Advantage
(10.49)
 Robbery –
–		 –
–		 Advantage
(5.97)		 Disadvantage
(5.97)
 Agg. assault Advantage
(8.41)		 Disadvantage
(8.41)		 Advantage
(11.98)		 Disadvantage
(11.98)
 Violent index Advantage
(4.03)		 Disadvantage
(4.03)		 Advantage
(7.14)		 Disadvantage
(7.14)
Arrests → Admissions
Arrests → In-stock
Black
(1)		 Hispanic
(2)		 Black
(3)		 Hispanic
(4)
(c) Within-race deviations in black and Hispanic RPsc
 Homicide –
–		 –
–		 –
–		 –
–
 Rape Advantage
(4.75)		 Disadvantage
(4.75)		 Disadvantage
(8.43)		 Advantage
(8.43)
 Robbery Advantage
(5.92)		 Disadvantage
(5.92)		 Advantage
(2.01)		 Disadvantage
(2.01)
 Agg. assault Advantage
(3.63)		 Disadvantage
(3.63)		 Advantage
(3.65)		 Disadvantage
(3.65)
 Violent index Advantage
(3.51)		 Disadvantage
(3.51)		 –
–		 –
–

Within-race deviations are shown only for those offenses for which the amount of change (deviation) is greater than 2.0

a

Racial proportions [RPs] are the contributions of the white and black rates to the sum of both rates

b

Racial proportions [RPs] are the contributions of the white and Hispanic rates to the sum of both rates

c

Racial proportions (RPs) are the contributions of the black and Hispanic rates to the sum of both rates