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Immigration and Crime

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Immigration and crime is a field of study that examines the relationship between immigration patterns and criminal behavior, analyzing how the presence of immigrant populations affects crime rates, types of crime, and perceptions of safety within communities, while considering socio-economic, cultural, and legal factors.
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Immigration and crime is a field of study that examines the relationship between immigration patterns and criminal behavior, analyzing how the presence of immigrant populations affects crime rates, types of crime, and perceptions of safety within communities, while considering socio-economic, cultural, and legal factors.

Key research themes

1. How do legal frameworks and administrative practices shape immigrant criminalization and its social consequences?

This theme investigates the ways in which immigration laws, especially those enacted from the late 1980s onwards, have constructed and institutionalized the concept of 'criminal aliens,' thereby criminalizing immigrants through legal and administrative mechanisms rather than actual criminal behavior prevalence. It emphasizes how immigrant criminalization operates via legal violence—structural and institutional harms caused by laws and policies—that profoundly impacts immigrants' lives, families, and social integration. Understanding these frameworks is crucial to disentangle the misperceptions of immigrant criminality and to assess the social harms engendered by legal and policy processes beyond individual offenses.

Key finding: This paper explores how the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) and related legislation strategically linked undocumented immigration status with criminality, creating the... Read more
Key finding: This study reveals that immigration enforcement in Finland increasingly uses administrative removal orders for foreign offenders based on minor offenses without criminal convictions, creating an administrative punitive system... Read more
Key finding: This work contextualizes state practices criminalizing migrants within broader socio-political frameworks of racialization and border regimes. It argues that state discourses and policy frameworks amplify immigrant 'deviance'... Read more

2. What is the empirical relationship between immigration and crime across diverse geographic and socio-economic contexts?

This theme addresses macro- and micro-level empirical investigations into whether immigration—both authorized and unauthorized—correlates with increases in various crime types, with attention to differing locality types including traditional gateways, nontraditional destinations, and middle-income countries. It also explores methodological innovations such as longitudinal analysis, spatial modeling, and neighborhood-level studies to improve causal inference. Findings from these studies challenge common narratives linking immigrants to higher crime and provide nuanced understandings applicable to policy and social perceptions.

Key finding: Utilizing state-level longitudinal data from 1990 to 2014 with fixed-effects regression models, this study found no evidence that undocumented immigration increases violent crime; rather, the association was generally... Read more
Key finding: This neighborhood-level study in Cincinnati, a nontraditional immigrant destination, found that controlling for socioeconomic and demographic variables, the proportion of foreign-born residents has largely neutral effects on... Read more
Key finding: Using a dynamic Spatial Durbin Model on municipality-level data from Chile (2005-2015), this study finds no statistical evidence that increases in immigrant populations are associated with rises in any type of crime rates.... Read more
Key finding: Analyzing homicide rates across census tracts in Austin, Texas—a pre-emerging immigrant gateway city—this study finds no association between recent immigrant concentrations and homicide once controlling for structural... Read more

3. How do community-level factors and sociocultural contexts influence immigrant crime patterns?

This research theme explores how legal status stratification, local multicultural attitudes, and city-level immigration policies shape immigrant offending and victimization patterns through mechanisms such as social strain, informal social control, and inclusion/exclusion. It emphasizes the importance of civic stratification, acculturation orientations, and local government stances (immigrant-friendliness) in driving heterogeneity in immigrant crime rates across communities and countries, highlighting demographic and policy influences beyond individual characteristics.

Key finding: Using comprehensive administrative data in The Netherlands, this study finds that asylum migrants' legal statuses—ranging from naturalized citizens to unauthorized stayers—correlate with differing rates of being recorded as... Read more
Key finding: The study advances a theoretical model linking dominant-group acculturation orientations to immigrant crime prevalence, positing that community multiculturalism fosters informal social control and reduces criminogenic strains... Read more
Key finding: Analyzing U.S. cities with pro- and anti-immigrant local policies, this study finds no significant effect of immigrant-friendly or unfriendly ordinances on attracting or repelling the foreign-born population. However,... Read more
Key finding: This county-level U.S. study leverages variation in the geographic distribution of refugee resettlements (2006–2016) and finds no statistically significant evidence that refugee presence increases either violent or property... Read more

All papers in Immigration and Crime

Kurtuluş savaşı sonrası verilen büyük mücadeleler sonrası kurulan Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, kurulduğu zamanlardan içinden çıkılan büyük savaşlar nedeniyle büyük nüfus kayıpları yaşamış ve kalan toprakların askeri olarak da savunulabilmesi... more
This article discusses the beginnings of criminology in Argentina at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, with the aim of understanding how it was articulated during the consolidation of the nation-state.... more
This paper analyzes the gap between rhetoric and evidence on undocumented immigrants and crime in the United States. Although political discourse often portrays them as criminals, research shows their crime rates are lower than those of... more
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This paper investigates the link between violent crime and immigration using data from Colombian municipalities during the recent episode of immigration from Venezuela. The key finding is that, following the closing and then re-opening of... more
Reseña. Mientras la ciudad duerme. Pistoleros, policías y periodistas en Buenos Aires, 1920-1945 de Lila Caimari
I. K entleşm e, çoğu kez sanıldığının tersine, köylerden kentlere nüfus akınlarını anlatan, salt bir nüfus devinimi değildir. K entleşmeyi, toplumsal, ekonom ik ve kültürel boyutları içinde, çok daha geniş bir değişim olarak algılamak... more
This book addresses commonplace beliefs about international migration that, although often touted in the media and everyday conversations, are incorrect. Immigration is a politicized topic in the United States and other countries. In the... more
Like Australia and the United States, Canada is usually considered a "traditional" immigrant receiving country in contrast to many countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa where large scale immigration is a relatively recent phenomenon. This... more
This thesis examines the effects of European immigration policies on crime and society, with a focus on the past and present security challenges of shifts of peoples and demographics since 1942 and 1989, which have changed the face of... more
Özellikle gelişmekte olan ülkelerde kırsal göç önemli bir sorun olarak değerlendirilmektedir. Kırsal bölgelerin ekonomik yapısının temelini oluşturan tarım göçün temel belirleyicisi konumundadır. Bu bölgelerdeki göçün önlenmesi ile... more
"¿Es posible identificar en la criminología positivista del último cuarto del siglo XIX y el primer cuarto del siglo XX algunos elementos comunes que la caracterizarían como tal, pese a que en su seno se encuentran posiciones diferentes... more
In this study the author discusses one of the problems regarding the authority of civil servant investigators (PPNS) in carrying out forced searches based on the provisions of laws and regulations in Indonesia. The purpose of this study... more
Enmarcado en la investigación que dio lugar a mi tesis doctoral, en este artículo presento algunos de los enfoques posibles para abordar, tanto en el pasado como en el presente, los procesos de criminalización del migrante en Argentina.... more
This study presents the first ever comparative regional portrait of racial inequality and incarceration across the Americas, using census data from Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States mainland. While racism is known to... more
Türk dili ve kültüründe "göç" sözcüğü çok değişik anlamlarda kullanılmaktadır. Halk arasında en basit ve yaygın kullanımı, bir barınma yerinden/mekânından başka bir yere gitmek, taşınmaktır. Geleneksel kültürümüzde insan ve toplum yaşamı... more
Gambling is an act that is prohibited in both the Criminal Code and social norms. However, the application of Article 303 and Article 303bis of the Criminal Code and Government Regulations related to controlling gambling only covers... more
is a 25-year-old Vietnamese man. He works full-time at Pizza Hut, and lives with his girlfriend and her 4-year-old son in San Diego. Without a high school diploma, Nghi is confined to a minimum-wage job with no benefits. He works six days... more
Research examining the immigration and crime connection has proliferated, stimulating a vigorous debate among academics and politicians alike. Researchers are examining this relationship at both individual and aggregate levels. However,... more
The rise of immigrant stock in the American status system has been a well-recorded phenomenon of our time. Novelists have described it in their fction,l economists and demographers have discussed its contribution to business and... more
Kentleşme, sosyal değişme ve ekonomik gelişme arasında yakın bir ilişki vardır. Kentleşme ile birlikte toplumun sosyal yapısında ve ekonomik ilişkilerinde değişiklik meydana gelmektedir. Kentleşme, toplumun ekonomik yapısında ve sosyal... more
Contemporary discussions about immigration are heavily based on fearmongering and stereotypes that have conflated immigrant illegality and crime. There is a pervasive misconception that immigration status and nationality are determinants... more
Kent Tanımı: Sözlük anlamı olarak 'nüfusun büyük bölümünün ekonomik faaliyet alanı olarak ticaret, sanayi, yönetim ve hizmetle ilgili işlerle geçimini sağladığı, toplumsal ve kültürel bir örgütlenmenin olduğu yerleşim alanı' şeklinde... more
Urbanization tendency in Turkey, is developed in a inclusive period in this day and age by gaining momentum 1950-1980 period. The rural depopulation phenomenon which emphasizes an important process in Turkey's social upheaval, is ranged... more
and integration does not work well in depicting what takes place on the ground. Instead, several distinct paths of adaptation have been identified, some of which lead upwards as portrayed by the conventional assimilation model; other... more
Contrary to popular perceptions that immigration increases crime, the research literature demonstrates that immigration generally serves a protective function, reducing crime. This review takes as its starting point the contradiction... more
Data are presented Ihat indic.ate that Ihe Souttae~ region of the United Slates has a much higher arrest rate for drunkenness than other regions of the countxy; that the state of KentuCky has a much higher arrest rate for drunkenness and... more
Kent Tanımı: Sözlük anlamı olarak 'nüfusun büyük bölümünün ekonomik faaliyet alanı olarak ticaret, sanayi, yönetim ve hizmetle ilgili işlerle geçimini sağladığı, toplumsal ve kültürel bir örgütlenmenin olduğu yerleşim alanı' şeklinde... more
The present study is based on a secondary-data analysis of a subsample of Cuban immigrants residing in the United States. While there are no significant differences in arrest rates between U.S. natives of Cuban descent and their... more
Kır/köy ve kent sadece mekânsal veya demografik ayrışmanın ismi olarak değil, daha fazlasıyla zihniyet ve yaşam tarzında gerçekleşen ayrışmanın ismi olarak anlam kazanmaktadır. Kırsalın gerektirdiği zihniyet ve yaşam tarzı ile kentin... more
Kent, kentleşme, kentlileşme ve göç kavramlarının tanımları yapılırken birçok değişkenin göz önüne alınması gerekmektedir. Çünkü bu kavramlara etki eden faktörler oldukça fazladır. Tanımlamalarda değişkenler göz önüne alındığında... more
Çok yönlü bir boyuta sahip olan göç hareketi için araştırmacılar tarafındanbirçok farklı tanım yapılmıştır. Bir yer değiştirme hareketi olan göç, anlık değildir ve bir süreci ifade etmektedir. Tarım topraklarının bölünmesi, tarımda... more
Tax law is part of administrative law which has a coercive nature, so that law enforcement is accompanied by criminal sanctions. However, the main purpose of tax law is to obtain tax revenue, so that punishment in the form of confinement... more
and integration does not work well in depicting what takes place on the ground. Instead, several distinct paths of adaptation have been identified, some of which lead upwards as portrayed by the conventional assimilation model; other... more
Çalışmamızın birinci konusu olan eğitim durumumuz, günümüz sorunlarının temel ögelerinden biri olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Ancak, toplumumuzun eğitim seviyesi, günümüze ait değil geçmişten taşıdığımız bir sorundur. Yani, geçmişte çok... more
This research seeks to examine the circulation and reception of the ideas of Cesare Lombroso in Chile, who helped define a new image of "criminal man" marked by a biological determinism which explained its danger and appearance within the... more
The explanations to date of the remarkable decrease in crime that has been reported over the last two decades in a number of western countries have been less than convincing. In light of these limitations this article explores the impact... more
While recent scholarship has documented the long history of African American disenfranchisement leading up to mass incarceration, it has evaded a comprehensive investigation of Latino encounters with the U.S. criminal justice system by... more
Despite media coverage of isolated incidents of violent crime perpetuated by undocumented immigrants in cities with sanctuary policies, there is scant systematic research on the relationships between the adoption of sanctuary policies,... more
Kent, kentleşme, kentlileşme ve göç kavramlarının tanımları yapılırken birçok değişkenin göz önüne alınması gerekmektedir. Çünkü bu kavramlara etki eden faktörler oldukça fazladır. Tanımlamalarda değişkenler göz önüne alındığında... more
Research addressing the purported relationship between immigration and crime remains popular, but some gaps remain under-explored. One important gap involves disentangling differences in crime and punishment by immigrant status, as... more
The aim of this article is to present the results of research on the history and dynamics of the development of the EU migration policy, as well as to analyse the challenges that have emerged in recent years. Therefore, the research... more
Spain is one of the European countries where the immigrant population has grown the most during the first years of this century. However, crime rates have remained constant in this period, even have decreased slightly, so the evolution of... more
Global population mobility has an impact on legal aspects, especially in the case of immigration matters. Increased mobility of migration flows also has various impacts, not only positive but also negative impacts, for example changing... more
Her hakkı saklıdır. Yazarından ve yayınevinden yazılı izin alınmaksızın bu kitabın fotokopi veya diğer yollarla kısmen veya tamamen çoğaltılması, basılması ve yayınlanması yasaktır. Aksine davranış, 5846 sayılı Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri... more
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