3450 words Why do blacks commit more crime? Biological theories (racial differences in testosterone and testosterone-aggression, AR gene, MAOA) are bunk. So how can we explain it? The Unnever-Gabbidon theory of African American offending (TAAO) (Unnever and Gabbidon, 2011)—where blacks’ experience of racial discrimination and stereotypes increases criminal offenses—has substantial empirical support. To understand black … Continue reading The Theory of African American Offending versus Hereditarian Explanations of Crime: Exploring the Roots of the Black-White Crime Disparity