During the 1990s, immigration reached record highs and crime rates fell more precipitously than at any time in U.S. history. And cities with the largest increases in immigration between 1990 and 2000 experienced the largest decreases in rates of homicide and robbery, CU-Boulder sociology researcher Tim Wadsworth has found.
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Excuse me, but how could you conclude the fall in crime rates and increase in immigration is directly related? Couldn’t other things impact crime rates? Such as a robust economy?
Also when you say “immigration” do you mean “legal immigration” or all kinds of immigration (illegal aliens…etc?).
I’m a CU Grad, not some right wing extremist. I was slightly liberal when I first attended CU but these politically correct agenda seem to push me in another direction.
I am attaching a copy of the study if you would like to post in on your site. While Chad’s concerns our understandable, the study evaluates the role of immigration while controlling for a variety of other criminogenic processes including numerous measures related to economic shifts, as well as demographic changes, racial composition, education rates, etc.
Best,
Tim Wadsworth
http://www.cualum.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Is-Immigration-Responsible-for-the-CrimeDrop.pdf