The Role of Immigration: Race/Ethnicity and San Diego Homicides Since 1970
The Role of Immigration: Race/Ethnicity and San Diego Homicides Since 1970
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DOI：
10.1007/s10940-016-9294-9
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发表时间：
2016-09-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Iwama, Janice A.
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作者：
Martinez, Ramiro, Jr.;Stowell, Jacob I.;Iwama, Janice A.
通过研究种族/族裔特定杀戮（例如黑人、拉丁裔和白人）的趋势来检验凶杀案的时间变化。还讨论了两个实质性的重要问题——更仔细地研究社区异质性在凶杀水平中所起的作用，以及将移民视为内生的社会过程。数据为 1960 年至 2010 年期间加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥市报告的凶杀案。每起杀戮的地址都被地理编码到 341 个人口普查区中。我们发现，外国出生人口增加的社区往往暴力程度较低。由于邻里外国出生者的集中度增加，白人和拉丁裔的凶杀受害人数显着减少。补充分析没有发现经验证据表明外国出生的人的涌入可以（或应该）被视为破坏性的社会过程。在过去五个十年一次的人口普查期间，这个边境城市的移民数量呈指数级增长，与凶杀受害人数的增加无关。当通过比通常使用的更广泛的时间视角进行检查，并考虑到移民居住定居的内生性时，我们发现没有证据支持移民是一个产生犯罪的社会过程的说法。
The temporal variation in homicide is examined by studying trends in race/ethnic specific killings (e.g. Blacks, Latinos and Whites). Two substantively important issues are also addressed-a closer examination of the role community heterogeneity plays in homicide levels and the treatment of immigration as an endogenous social process.Data are reported homicides in the city of San Diego, California over the period 1960-2010. The address of each killing is geocoded into 341 census tracts.We find that neighborhoods experiencing increases in the foreign-born population tend to be less violent. White and Latino homicide victimization was reduced significantly as a product of increases in the neighborhood concentration of foreign-born individuals. Supplementary analyses did not find empirical evidence that the influx of foreign-born individuals could (or should) be considered a disruptive social process. Over the past five decennial census periods, the exponential increase in immigration in this border city is not associated with an increase in homicide victimization.When examined through a wider temporal lens than is typically employed, and accounting for the endogeneity of immigrant residential settlement, we find no support for the claims that immigration is a crime generating social process.