... system and authority in general. In order to fully explain this trend, the authors focus on the details and nuances associated with street crimes. Street crimes are described as "common-law crimes of murder, assault, robbery, rape, burglary, and larceny that are widely considered serious law violations." (Hagen, pg. 15) African-American juveniles are the most common offenders of street crimes. Hagen and Peterson explain the reason for this is because the FBI has been reporting crimes committed by juvenile African-Americans separately for many years, and has accumulated in-depth records regarding this occurrence. Other races have also been recorded separately, but not for as long as African-American offenders. This gives researchers a sizable amount of data to sift through and make observations about the inequality of the criminal justice system. There are far fewer reports on other minority encounters with the police, such as American-Indians, American-Asians, and women of all races. This ...

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