Book contents
- Does Immigration Increase Crime?
- Does Immigration Increase Crime?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Immigration and Crime: Perceptions and Reality
- 2 Migration Policy and Crime in Italy
- 3 Immigration and Crime in the United Kingdom
- 4 The Case of the United States
- 5 Refugee Waves and Crime: Evidence from EU Countries
- Conclusion
- Book part
- References
- Index
1 - Immigration and Crime: Perceptions and Reality
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 August 2019
- Does Immigration Increase Crime?
- Does Immigration Increase Crime?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Immigration and Crime: Perceptions and Reality
- 2 Migration Policy and Crime in Italy
- 3 Immigration and Crime in the United Kingdom
- 4 The Case of the United States
- 5 Refugee Waves and Crime: Evidence from EU Countries
- Conclusion
- Book part
- References
- Index
Summary
Immigration is a contentious issue in most destination countries. From a purely economic perspective, the removal of barriers to labour mobility would allow for the efficient allocation of productive factors at the global level. At the same time, its distributional consequences may undermine the political support for the free movement of people across countries. Most importantly, natives in destination countries may oppose immigration on grounds other than just labour market competition.
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- Does Immigration Increase Crime?Migration Policy and the Creation of the Criminal Immigrant, pp. 9 - 25Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019