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Ethnic and immigrant residential concentration, and crime rates

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One of the main arguments of social disorganization theory is that ethnic heterogeneity, influenced by immigrant residential concentration, is highly disruptive for community organization, and therefore, highly criminogenic. The effect of immigrant residential concentration on crime rates is, however, generally masked by the general effect of the broader category of ethnic heterogeneity. Some recent studies even suggested a negative relationship between immigrant residential concentration and crime. The present study, conducted in the city of Haifa, Israel, used neighborhood level data to test the specific relationship between immigrant residential concentration and crime rates among recent immigrants from the former Soviet Union. The results showed that the decomposition of ethnic heterogeneity into its two main components--immigrant residential concentration and ethnic residential concentration--served to qualify the predicted effects of social disorganization theory.

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  • Herzog, Sergio, 2009. "Ethnic and immigrant residential concentration, and crime rates," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 37(5), pages 427-434, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcjust:v:37:y::i:5:p:427-434
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    1. Luigi M. Solivetti, 2018. "Immigration, socio-economic conditions and crime: a cross-sectional versus cross-sectional time-series perspective," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 52(4), pages 1779-1805, July.
    2. Luigi Maria Solivetti, 2015. "Immigrants, Natives and Crime: A Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Analysis," Working Papers 8/15, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
    3. Luigi M. Solivetti, 2016. "Crime Patterns between Tradition and Change: A Territorial Analysis of the Italian Provinces," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 128(2), pages 531-558, September.
    4. Fangye Du & Lin Liu & Chao Jiang & Dongping Long & Minxuan Lan, 2019. "Discerning the Effects of Rural to Urban Migrants on Burglaries in ZG City with Structural Equation Modeling," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-13, January.
    5. Rojas-Gaona, Carlos E. & Hong, Jun Sung & Peguero, Anthony A., 2016. "The significance of race/ethnicity in adolescent violence: A decade of review, 2005–2015," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 137-147.

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