Crime on the Border: Immigration and Homicide in Urban CommunitiesStudying El Paso, Miami, and San Diego over the years 1985-1995, Lee explores the complex relationship between ethnicity, immigration, and homicide. Popular opinion and sociological theory, particularly the social disorganization perspective, predict that immigration should increase levels of homicide where immigrants settle, but Lee's analysis (statistical, spatial, and temporal) generally finds that this is not the case. His results cast doubt on the taken-for-granted idea that immigration disrupts communities, weakens social control, and increases homicide levels. Rather, recent arrivals appear to play a positive role in these three cities, suggesting that conventional theories of crime be re-examined in light of the potentially revitalizing impact of immigration. |
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... and 29.78 % below the poverty line , respectively ) . Second , note that Latinos in El Paso and San Diego exhibited higher levels of poverty than blacks . El Paso's Latino poverty rate ( 29.78 % ) is much 64 Crime on the Border.
... and 29.78 % below the poverty line , respectively ) . Second , note that Latinos in El Paso and San Diego exhibited higher levels of poverty than blacks . El Paso's Latino poverty rate ( 29.78 % ) is much 64 Crime on the Border.
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... Latino Poverty , also shown in Figure 5.6 , was also generally unrelated to Latino homicide in this part of the city ( r = .15 ) . Of course , this does not refute the strong city - wide finding for Latino poverty as a predictor of ...
... Latino Poverty , also shown in Figure 5.6 , was also generally unrelated to Latino homicide in this part of the city ( r = .15 ) . Of course , this does not refute the strong city - wide finding for Latino poverty as a predictor of ...
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... Latino homicide than poverty , and joblessness is negatively related to the immigration variable . But recall also that Latino homicide rates were higher in Miami than in the other two cities , further complicating the picture . In sum ...
... Latino homicide than poverty , and joblessness is negatively related to the immigration variable . But recall also that Latino homicide rates were higher in Miami than in the other two cities , further complicating the picture . In sum ...
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Studying Immigration and | 35 |
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