Walking ATMs and the immigration spillover effect: The link between Latino immigration and robbery victimization
Walking ATMs and the immigration spillover effect: The link between Latino immigration and robbery victimization
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.03.003
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发表时间：
2015-07-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Shihadeh, Edward S.
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作者：
Barranco, Raymond E.;Shihadeh, Edward S.
媒体报道和之前的研究表明，无证拉丁裔移民遭受抢劫的比例过高，因为他们依赖现金经济，并且不愿意向执法部门举报犯罪行为（步行 ATM 现象）。由此我们产生了两个具体的研究问题。首先，我们探讨了移民溢出效应，其定义为由于犯罪者无法区分潜在受害者的身份而导致本土和有记录的拉丁裔抢劫受害人数增加。其次，我们研究了经常重复的说法，即黑人抢劫犯不成比例地针对拉丁裔受害者。使用来自 282 个县的国家事件报告系统 (NIBRS) 数据，结果显示 (1) 支持移民溢出效应，但 (2) 不支持拉丁裔被黑人劫匪不成比例地挑选出来的说法。我们讨论我们的研究结果的含义。 (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. 保留所有权利。
Media reports and prior research suggest that undocumented Latino migrants are disproportionately robbed because they rely on a cash-only economy and they are reluctant to report crimes to law-enforcement (the Walking ATM phenomenon). From this we generate two specific research questions. First, we probe for an immigration spillover effect defined as increased native and documented Latino robbery victimization due to offenders' inability to distinguish between the statuses of potential victims. Second, we examine the oft-repeated claim that Blacks robbers disproportionately target Latino victims. Using National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data from 282 counties, results show (1) support for an immigration spillover effect but, (2) no support for the claim that Latinos are disproportionately singled out by Black robbers. We discuss the implications of our findings. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.