crime – Spring 2018: The People of New York City

Immigration and Crime: Race, Ethnicity, and Violence, Intro

Ramiro Martinez, Abel Valenzuela, Jr ed.

(Response 3 of 5) by Anna

New York, a city of constant flux, is known to be a hub of immigration. It is home to Queens, the urban place with the global record of ethnic diversity. (Wikipedia) But just because so many people exist in the same place, they don’t always coexist peacefully. Popular sentiment is that an increase of immigration equals an increase in crime. However, according to Ramiro Martinez and Abel Valenzuela, Jr ed, the data points to the contrary. If the numbers suggest one thing, why is public opinion the opposite?

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Absara Hassan

Response 2: Ramiro Martinez, Abel Valenzuela, Jr ed., Immigration and Crime: Race, Ethnicity, and Violence

As America increasingly experiences flow of people from other nations, debates arise concerning the relationship between immigration and crime. According to Ramiro Martinez, these debates are futile, as there really is no substantial evidence to prove the detrimental effects of immigration on crime rates. In his book, Immigration and Crime: Race, Ethnicity, and Violence, Martinez highlights criminal immigrant stereotypes by providing examples from social scientists and intellectuals, and then refuting their statements with his own argument supported by statistical facts, before introducing “the reality of immigrant crime”.

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