RT Article
T1 Is There an Immigration and School-Level Crime Link?
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 69
IS 8
SP 1339
OP 1368
A1 Peguero, Anthony A.
A2 Irizarry, Yasmiyn
A2 Iwama, Janice
A2 King, Sanna
A2 Dunning-Lozano, Jessica
A2 Hong, Jun Sung
A2 Bondy, Jennifer M.
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1869123654
AB Contrary to the public misperception that immigrants are likely to be involved in criminal activities, evidence suggests that immigrants are less likely to engage in violence and criminal behavior at the individual level. Little is known, however, about the relationship between immigration, violence, and delinquency at the school-level. The present study draws from the nationally representative 2015 to 2016 School Survey on Crime and Safety to address two research questions. First, is there an association between an increasing proportion of immigrant students and school-level crime? Second, are there racial/ethnic differences in the association between increasing proportion of immigrant students and school-level crime? Our results indicate no relationship between immigration and school-level crime; however, important and distinctive nuances are related to the study findings.
K1 Juvenile Delinquency
K1 Minorities
K1 School violence
DO 10.1177/00111287211052434