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Crime and Enforcement in Immigrant Neighborhoods: Evidence from New York City

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Immigration and crime have received much popular and political attention in the past decade and have been a focus of episodic social attention for much of the history of the United States. Recent policy and legal discourse suggests that the stigmatic link between immigrants and crime has endured, even in the face of evidence to the contrary. This study addresses the relationship between immigration and crime in urban settings, focusing on areal units where immigrants tend to cluster spatially as well as socially. The authors ask whether immigration creates risks or benefits for neighborhoods in terms of lower crime rates. The question is animated in part by a durable claim in criminology that areas with large immigrant populations are burdened by elevated levels of social disorder and crime.

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Series Title

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

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p. 99-124

Publisher

Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications., 2012

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0002-7162

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Volume 641, Number 1, May 2012, p. 99-124

Subject(s)

Immigration
Ethnicity
Law Enforcement

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