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Report: California Has No Immigrant Crime Problem

By Jeralyn, Section Crime Policy
Posted on Mon Oct 11, 2010 at 07:24:49 PM EST
Tags: immgration and crime (all tags)
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Via the Crime Report:

Violent crime in California dropped dramatically during the same period of intense immigration to the state, found a new study by Barry Krisberg of the Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice, which is based at the School of Law. The study, which disputes the link between violent crime and immigration, also found that the increase in state prison populations is not related to the influx of immigrants.

Here's the full study, Where Is The Fire?

Data obtained from the Department of Finance and the Department of Justice reveal that during a long period of new immigration, crime has shown a large and steady decline in California.

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