Homicide Studies
Volume 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-314

Immigration, economic disadvantage, and homicide: A community-level analysis of Austin, Texas (Article)

Akins S.* , Rumbaut R.G. , Stansfield R.
  • a Oregon State University, United States
  • b University of California, Irvine, United States
  • c Oregon State University, United States

Abstract

In this article, the effect of recent immigration on homicide rates across city of Austin, Texas census tracts is examined. Since 1980, Austin's recent immigrant population increased by more than 580% across the metropolitan area and it is now considered a "pre-emerging" immigrant gateway city to the United States. Therefore the changing population dynamics in Austin provide an excellent opportunity to study the effect of recent immigration on homicide. After controlling for structural predictors of homicide and correcting for spatial autocorrelation, our findings indicate that recent immigration is not associated with homicide. © 2009 Sage Publications.

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disadvantage Immigration violence Homicide

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-70349130690&doi=10.1177%2f1088767909336814&partnerID=40&md5=deeda329952e94e0cadfac877840db27
DOI: 10.1177/1088767909336814
ISSN: 10887679
Cited by: 32
Original Language: English