Book contents
- Does Immigration Increase Crime?
- Does Immigration Increase Crime?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Immigration and Crime: Perceptions and Reality
- 2 Migration Policy and Crime in Italy
- 3 Immigration and Crime in the United Kingdom
- 4 The Case of the United States
- 5 Refugee Waves and Crime: Evidence from EU Countries
- Conclusion
- Book part
- References
- Index
4 - The Case of the United States
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 August 2019
- Does Immigration Increase Crime?
- Does Immigration Increase Crime?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Immigration and Crime: Perceptions and Reality
- 2 Migration Policy and Crime in Italy
- 3 Immigration and Crime in the United Kingdom
- 4 The Case of the United States
- 5 Refugee Waves and Crime: Evidence from EU Countries
- Conclusion
- Book part
- References
- Index
Summary
According to the US Census Bureau, as of 1 July 2017, just over 98% of all people living in the USA are the descendants of immigrants.1 Over the course of the country’s 250-year history, the rate of immigration and the composition of immigrants have varied dramatically. In the years between 1910 and 2013, roughly 5% to 15% of the US population was born outside of the country, with peaks in 1910 and 2013 and troughs in the 1960s and 1970s.
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- Does Immigration Increase Crime?Migration Policy and the Creation of the Criminal Immigrant, pp. 91 - 128Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019