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

Adelman, Robert M.; Reid, Lesley Williams; Markle, Gail; Weiß, Saskia; Jaret, Charles

doi:10.1080/15377938.2016.1261057

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“…Existing empirical research has found varied estimates of the relationship between immigration and crime. Many studies find that immigration does not have a discernible impact on crime rates (e.g., Butcher and Piehl, 1998;Lee et al, 2001;Chalfin, 2013;Miles and Cox, 2014), whereas some papers report modest decreases in crime due to immigration (Zhang, 2014;Adelman et al, 2017) and others identify modest increases (Bianchi et al, 2012;Bell et al, 2013;Spenkuch, 2013;Piopiunik and Ruhose, 2017). There is significant heterogeneity in findings across studies depending on the context and research design (Ousey and Kubrin, 2018) and types of immigration and crime (Shihadeh and Barranco, 2010).…”

Section: Existing Evidence On Immigration and Crimementioning

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Does Halting Refugee Resettlement Reduce Crime? Evidence from the US Refugee Ban

Masterson

Yasenov

2018

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Many countries have reduced refugee admissions in recent years, in part due to fears that refugees and asylum seekers increase crime rates and pose a national security risk. Existing research presents ambiguous expectations about the consequences of refugee resettlement on crime. We leverage a natural experiment in the US, where an Executive Order by the president in January 2017 halted refugee resettlement. This policy change was sudden and significant – it resulted in the lowest number of refugees resettled on US soil since 1977 and a 66% drop in resettlement from 2016 to 2017. In this letter we find that there is no discernible effect on county-level property or violent crime rates.

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Section: Existing Evidence On Immigration and Crimementioning

confidence: 99%

Does Halting Refugee Resettlement Reduce Crime? Evidence from the US Refugee Ban

Masterson

Yasenov

2018

Preprint

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“…In addition, at the community and national levels, research generally shows that immigration density is correlated with less crime and that immigrants are less likely than their native‐born counterparts to commit crime (Adelman et al. ; Gostijeyv ; MacDonald et al. ; Nielsen and Martinez ).…”

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Buffalo's West Side Story: Migration, Gentrification, and Neighborhood Change

2019

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Using a multi‐methods approach, we examine socioeconomic and demographic change in Buffalo, New York's, West Side neighborhood. We do this by performing a systematic case study of the neighborhood analyzing census tract data, crime data, key informant interview data from community leaders and organizational representatives, and content analysis data from local newspaper articles. Results suggest that although the neighborhood has shifted dramatically over the last forty‐five years, the changes have been uneven across the West Side. Two divergent areas have emerged: one neighborhood fueled by white gentrifiers and another driven by international migrants.

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“…According to Flahaux and De Haas (2016), the increased movement trends among Africans has been occasioned by developments and social transformation which has enabled many Africans to migrate in search for better opportunities a trend that is bound to endure in the future. Increase in crime has been associated with high immigration rates though there is little research preposition to support this claim (Adelman, Reid, Markle, Weiss & Jaret, 2017). This notion has been driven by a number of classical criminology economic theories that seem to associate an increase in immigration to increase in crime.…”

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The Relationship between International Migration, Remittances, Education and Poverty in South Asia

Al¹,

Kameyama²

2019

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There is scanty information available regarding the impact of international migration on poverty levels in developing countries in South Asia. This study considered data set on remittances, poverty, education levels and government expenditure on education from seven countries in South Asia. This study revealed key findings, first, there was a statistical relationship between international migration and GDP per capita since the income inequality was a major determinant in migration. The distance between labor receiving country and the country of origin for migrants was also a major issue of concern that greatly affected international migration. There was an inverted U shaped curve between the level of a country's international immigrants and GDP per capita. The study also noted that with an increase of about 12 percent in remittances will have a direct impact on the GDP with a 2 percent decrease in poverty levels. Data was a major impediment to determine the impact of remittances from immigrants since only official information was considered. The study also noted a direct effect from international migration on the economy of developing countries since the remittances sent home to have a profound impact on the living standard of people.

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

Cited by 66 publications

References 93 publications

Does Halting Refugee Resettlement Reduce Crime? Evidence from the US Refugee Ban

Does Halting Refugee Resettlement Reduce Crime? Evidence from the US Refugee Ban

Buffalo's West Side Story: Migration, Gentrification, and Neighborhood Change

The Relationship between International Migration, Remittances, Education and Poverty in South Asia

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