It is probably higher than 2.7%. The 40% statistic concerns probability of arres...

im3w1l on July 10, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Study: Half of black males, 40% of white males arr...

It is probably higher than 2.7%. The 40% statistic concerns probability of arrest, not expected number of arrests. In plain english, if a kid got arrested twice, he'd just show up once in the 40% figure.