Multiple Choice
_____ suggests that as the African-American population increases, so does the amount of social control directed at them. This type of racism could account for the higher rates of minority crime in UCR data.
A) Police control theory
B) Racial threat theory
C) Racial control theory
D) Police threat theory
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