Crime, drugs, and gang violence eventually enveloped the ghetto. Segregation, poverty, and a distrust of police led to increased crime, which led to further marginalization, poverty, and even more policing. According to Jill Leovy’s study of black crime, Ghettoside, high rates of murder among black men are a by-product of poverty, a history of distrust of the white justice system, and especially of segregation.
