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The Rap Year book was written by Shea Serrano, and published in 2015.
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Race and Crime page edits
Add in more specific facts about why minorities are more likely to receive high sentences, while nonminority people are often held to a higher standard. Also, add in more citations.

According to a 2014 report, the incarceration rate of black people was over five times higher than that of white people. Between 2011 and 2013, Black individuals were 68% less likely to see their charges dismissed in court than whites. Likewise, black people are 12 times more likely to be wrongfully committed for drug charges.

According to the Department of Justice, racial disparity starts early, as black children are four times more likely to be incarcerated than white youth.

Race and crime around the World
Discrimination in Europe Paragraph: In fact, according to the Racial Disparity Audit conducted by the Prime Minister, in 2017 minorities living in Wales and England were more than 3.5 times more likely to be arrested than whites.Likewise, this same group was far more likely to be the victims of crime with their white counterparts only having a 15 percent likelihood.

Additionally, in 2015, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported that African Americans composed 12.5 percent of the illicit drug users, yet 33 percent of them are incarcerated in state facilities.

In the case of women, a 2017 study by Villanova found that lesser sentences were given to defendants who were "pretty."