RT Research Data
T1 Illegal Immigration and Crime in San Diego and El Paso Counties, 1985-1986
A1 Pennell, Susan
A2 Curtis, Christine
A2 Tayman, Jeff
LA English
PP Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar
PB [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]
YR 1990
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1840061766
AB This study was conducted to examine whether a rising crime rate in El Paso, Texas and San Diego, California in 1986 could be attributed to, among other factors, the influx of undocumented aliens. Variables include level of involvement of undocumented aliens in serious felony arrests in San Diego and El Paso Counties, the outcome of serious felony arrest cases involving undocumented persons compared to others arrested for similar offenses, the impact of arrests of undocumented aliens on the criminal justice system in terms of workload and cost, the extent that criminal justice agencies coordinate their efforts to apprehend and process undocumented aliens who have committed serious crimes in San Diego and El Paso counties, and how differences in agency objectives impede or enhance coordination. Data are also provided on how many undocumented persons were arrested/convicted for repeat offense in these counties and which type of policies or procedures could be implemented in criminal justice agencies to address the issue of crimes committed by undocumented aliens. Data were collected in the two cities with focus on serious felony offenses. The collection includes sociodemographic characteristics, citizenship status, current arrest, case disposition, and prior criminal history with additional data from San Diego to compute the costs involving undocumented aliens.
K1 Arrests
K1 Crime rates
K1 CRIMINAL justice system
K1 felony offenses
K1 illegal immigrants
K1 Immigration
K1 Forschungsdaten
DO 10.3886/ICPSR09330.v1