Crime and Enforcement in Immigrant Neighborhoods: Evidence from New York City

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 641, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-124

  Davies, Garth ^a   Fagan, Jeffrey ^b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Columbia Law School ^*  (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; generalized propensity scores; immigration; law enforcement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859178895     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716212438938     Document Type: Article

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