SOC 371 Study Guide - Final Guide: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Homicide, Social Control Theory
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Immigrants are under-involved in crime relative to non-immigrants: immigrants (first generation) are less involved in crime than second or third generation. In reading 15 ( on immigration and crime ), martinez and lee discuss the relationship between immigration and crime. Immigrants were not as highly involved in crime as natives. Immigrants are not disproportionately involved in crime, and often are much less involved than native groups. Did national latino homicide rates rise with increases in latino and total immigration levels: basically no, remained remarkably stable despite a massive increase in latino immigrants in the early 1990s. Of the three border cities (el paso, miami and san diego), which had the highest homicide rates: homicide rates per 100,000 persons in miami are much higher than in san. Diego and el paso: miami"s latino homicide was almost 3 times that of el paso.
