All the factors that contribute to greater violence probably explain the higher intimate partner homicide rate of black men. It is stated that "Black women get arrested more, we get convicted more, and we have had fewer places to go. The statistics don't account for self-defense." There are many road blocks. One of the biggest is the troubled histories black communities have with the police and other social service agencies. It is a known fact that black women face a greater chance of being arrested along with the offender, and their children are more likely to end up in foster care if the police are involved. Another road block is, "if I'm being abused, the decision to call the police for help could be different for me, says some African American women." More black men are in jail, than in college, so that makes it even more of a burden, questioning whether he (the abuser), a black man, will be brutalized.
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