Immigration and the recent violent crime drop in the united states: A pooled, cross-sectional time-series analysis of metropolitan areas

Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 889-928

  Stowell, Jacob I ^a   Messner, Steven F ^b   McGeever, Kelly F ^b   Raffalovich, Lawrence E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime drop; Immigration; Time series; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649105278     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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