RT Article
T1 Too afraid to stay: measuring the relationship between criminal victimization in Central America and the intent to migrate
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 68
IS 4
SP 684
OP 706
A1 Roth, Benjamin
A2 Huffman, Amanda
A2 Brame, Robert W.
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1798130335
AB Rising crime in Central America and on-going emigration have reinvigorated concerns about the relationship between criminal victimization and international migration. Analyzing data from a crime prevention intervention in this region, we examine measures related to criminal victimization to assess corresponding changes in the propensity for international migration. We find that individuals who reported a crime victimization were more likely to express their intention to migrate, but this pattern was less consistent for those who perceived their neighborhood to be unsafe. These descriptive patterns are important on their own, but this paper also advances our methodological understanding of how to address the problem of item nonresponse using a partial identification framework.
K1 International migration
K1 Criminal Victimization
K1 Intent to migrate
K1 Partial identification framework
DO 10.1177/0011128720978737