[Sherman Logan]

Increased policing, in turn, is more likely to lead to arrests for low-level crimes than in areas where police are more sparse, she said.

Does anybody, even the author, think minor crimes are more likely to result in an arrest in a high-crime area than in a suburb or small town?

The elephant in the room is that these youths commit a great many more crimes than their paler comrades. Even thought their chances of being arrested for any one of them is less than in a more stable area, over time the odds catch up with them.

[Eagles6]

How dare you bring logic into this emotional debate? /sarc