Urban crime rates and the changing face of immigration: Evidence across four decades

Research has shown little support for the enduring proposition that increases in immigration are associated with increases in crime. Although classical criminological and neoclassical economic theories would predict immigration to increase crime, most empirical research shows quite the opposite. We...

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Published in:Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice 2017-01, Vol.15 (1), p.52-77
Main Authors: Adelman, Robert, Reid, Lesley Williams, Markle, Gail, Weiss, Saskia, Jaret, Charles
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Burglary
Crime
Crime rates
Decades
Economic theories
Homicide
Immigration
Metropolitan areas
Murder
Property
Property offences
Urban areas
Urban crime
US metropolitan areas
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Summary:Research has shown little support for the enduring proposition that increases in immigration are associated with increases in crime. Although classical criminological and neoclassical economic theories would predict immigration to increase crime, most empirical research shows quite the opposite. We investigate the immigration-crime relationship among metropolitan areas over a 40 year period from 1970 to 2010. Our goal is to describe the ongoing and changing association between immigration and a broad range of violent and property crimes. Our results indicate that immigration is consistently linked to decreases in violent (e.g., murder) and property (e.g., burglary) crime throughout the time period.
ISSN:1537-7938
1537-7946
DOI:10.1080/15377938.2016.1261057