Why are immigrants' incarceration rates so low?: Evidence on selective immigration, deterrence, and deportation
The perception that immigration adversely affects crime rates led to legislation in the 1990s that particularly increased punishment of criminal aliens. In fact, immigrants have much lower institutionalization (incarceration) rates than the native born - on the order of one-fifth the rate of natives...
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National Bureau of Economic Research
2007
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| Zusammenfassung: | The perception that immigration adversely affects crime rates led to legislation in the 1990s that particularly increased punishment of criminal aliens. In fact, immigrants have much lower institutionalization (incarceration) rates than the native born - on the order of one-fifth the rate of natives. More recently arrived immigrants have the lowest relative incarceration rates, and this difference increased from 1980 to 2000. We examine whether the improvement in immigrants' relative incarceration rates over the last three decades is linked to increased deportation, immigrant self-selection, or deterrence. Our evidence suggests that deportation does not drive the results. Rather, the process of migration selects individuals who either have lower criminal propensities or are more responsive to deterrent effects than the average native. Immigrants who were already in the country reduced their relative institutionalization probability over the decades; and the newly arrived immigrants in the 1980s and 1990s seem to be particularly unlikely to be involved in criminal activity, consistent with increasingly positive selection along this dimension. |
| Beschreibung: | Literaturverz. S. 26 - 28 |
| Umfang: | 28, [14] S. graph. Darst. 22 cm |
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| spelling | Butcher, Kristin F. Verfasser (DE-588)130489123 aut Why are immigrants' incarceration rates so low? Evidence on selective immigration, deterrence, and deportation Kristin F. Butcher ; Anne Morrison Piehl Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2007 28, [14] S. graph. Darst. 22 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Working paper series / National Bureau of Economic Research 13229 Literaturverz. S. 26 - 28 The perception that immigration adversely affects crime rates led to legislation in the 1990s that particularly increased punishment of criminal aliens. In fact, immigrants have much lower institutionalization (incarceration) rates than the native born - on the order of one-fifth the rate of natives. More recently arrived immigrants have the lowest relative incarceration rates, and this difference increased from 1980 to 2000. We examine whether the improvement in immigrants' relative incarceration rates over the last three decades is linked to increased deportation, immigrant self-selection, or deterrence. Our evidence suggests that deportation does not drive the results. Rather, the process of migration selects individuals who either have lower criminal propensities or are more responsive to deterrent effects than the average native. Immigrants who were already in the country reduced their relative institutionalization probability over the decades; and the newly arrived immigrants in the 1980s and 1990s seem to be particularly unlikely to be involved in criminal activity, consistent with increasingly positive selection along this dimension. Piehl, Anne Morrison 1964- Verfasser (DE-588)133480933 aut Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.> NBER working paper series 13229 (DE-604)BV002801238 13229 http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13229.pdf kostenfrei Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Butcher, Kristin F. Piehl, Anne Morrison 1964- Why are immigrants' incarceration rates so low? Evidence on selective immigration, deterrence, and deportation |
| title | Why are immigrants' incarceration rates so low? Evidence on selective immigration, deterrence, and deportation |
| title_auth | Why are immigrants' incarceration rates so low? Evidence on selective immigration, deterrence, and deportation |
| title_exact_search | Why are immigrants' incarceration rates so low? Evidence on selective immigration, deterrence, and deportation |
| title_full | Why are immigrants' incarceration rates so low? Evidence on selective immigration, deterrence, and deportation Kristin F. Butcher ; Anne Morrison Piehl |
| title_fullStr | Why are immigrants' incarceration rates so low? Evidence on selective immigration, deterrence, and deportation Kristin F. Butcher ; Anne Morrison Piehl |
| title_full_unstemmed | Why are immigrants' incarceration rates so low? Evidence on selective immigration, deterrence, and deportation Kristin F. Butcher ; Anne Morrison Piehl |
| title_short | Why are immigrants' incarceration rates so low? |
| title_sort | why are immigrants incarceration rates so low evidence on selective immigration deterrence and deportation |
| title_sub | Evidence on selective immigration, deterrence, and deportation |
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