II. PREVALENT IMPRESSIONS REGARDING NEGRO CRIME
In its inquiry the Commission met the following current beliefs among whites in regard to the Negro criminal:
That the Negro is more prone than the white to commit sex crimes, particularly rape; that he commits a disproportionate number of crimes involving felonious cuttings and slashings; that the recent migrant from the South is more likely to offend than the Negro who has resided longer in the North; and that Negroes willingly tolerate vice and vicious conditions in the midst of their residence districts. These and similar impressions are compared with the facts as found by the Commission.