Race of Those Involved and or Affected By Theft
Gender in theft reporting is a bit difficult to pin down due to the fact that white people are not referenced the same way as black people in the DD/RD. When the paper refers to a white person they will most likely refer to a name with nothing else while with a black person terms like negro and colored will show up behind or near the name. This is important because in the terms of this project only directly referenced race references can be referred to. So while technically the majority of thefts that are committed under the ruleset of this data collection indicate black people are more likely to commit theft if we consider the fact that unreferenced race most likely refers to someone who is white, then suddenly a majority of the cases are committed by white people. I'd argue that the paper I researched is so extensive at referencing if someone is black or not to the point where it could be argued very reasonably that unnamed race references are most likely white. If such is the case then the most common offender and victim is white on white with black offenders and victims being in the minority. It should be noted that I am unaware of how the paper acquires these stories. I would say over all that white offender and white victim lines up with theory of theft reporting at the time as the most common source of theft stories.