Immigration and Crime

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Studying Immigration and Crime: A Precursory Note.- Chapter 3: Theoretical Perspectives on Immigration and Crime.- Chapter 4: From Theory to Empirics: Data Requirements for Studying Immigration and Crime.- Chapter 5: Immigration and Crime: What do We Know?.- Chapter 6: Immigration and Crime: What don't We Know?.- Chapter 7: Undocumented Immigration.- Chapter 8: The Devolution of Immigration Enforcement: Do Immigration Policies and Practices Matter?.- Chapter 9: Conclusion.

Charis E. Kubrin is Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine. Among other topics, her research examines the immigration-crime nexus across neighborhoods and cities, as well as assesses the impact of immigration policy on crime and public safety. Beyond authoring numerous studies in peer-reviewed journals on these topics, she is co-editor of Punishing Immigrants: Policy, Politics, and Injustice (New York University Press). She is also co-editor of a special issue of Migration Letters focused on immigration and crime. Her work in this area has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Justice. Professor Kubrin has received several national awards for her scholarly contributions including the Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology (for outstanding contributions to the discipline of criminology) and the W.E.B. DuBois Award fromthe Western Society of Criminology (for significant contributions to racial/ethnic issues in criminology). In 2019, she was named a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology.

 



Graham C. Ousey is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at William & Mary. In addition to his original research on immigration and crime, Professor Ousey co-edited a special issue of Migration Letters focused on immigration and crime. Beyond his work on immigration and crime, Professor Ousey recently co-authored School Zone: A Problem Analysis of Student Offending and Victimization (Temple University Press). His prior work investigates varied questions about offending, victimization, and punishment across individuals, schools, and geographic communities. It appears in prominent journals including Criminology, Social Forces, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Social Problems, Journal of