03-22-2017, 12:59 PM
(03-22-2017, 12:54 PM)xxlt Wrote: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/illegal-immigrants-and-crime-how-big-a-problem-is-crime-committed-by-immigrants/
From the article:
Florida State University Professor of Criminology Daniel Mears says that “good data” focused on immigrant criminality - specifically undocumented immigrant criminality - is scarce. Determining definitively whether someone who has been arrested is in the country legally can take significant effort, and the result might not be noted in all law enforcement records. In addition, researchers often have to rely on arrest and conviction numbers, which may be misleading because they can reflect law enforcement priorities more than criminal behavior. A jurisdiction might see a spike one year, for example, if a police chief or prosecutor decides to prioritize enforcement against immigrants.
Despite this, Mears and others who study this subject seem to agree that most research indicates immigrants actually commit crime at lower rates than native-born citizens.
I'd be very interested if these studies take juvenile crime into account. As juvenile records are confidential I'd lean towards them not being included. That, coupled with the researchers own admission that data is scarce on the subject I'm not sure how much validity I'd give these. As any researcher will tell you, more data equals more accurate results.
