TY - JOUR T1 - Assessing the Effects of Recent Immigration on Serious Property Crime in Austin, Texas JF - Sociological Perspectives Sociological Perspectives Y1 - 2013 A1 - Scott Akins A1 - Stansfield, Richard A1 - Rumbaut, Rubén G. A1 - Roger B. Hammer VL - 56 SN - 0731-1214 IS - 4 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Immigration, Economic Disadvantage, and Homicide JF - Homicide Studies Y1 - 2009 A1 - Scott Akins A1 - Rumbaut, Rubén A1 - Stansfield, Richard AB -

In this article, the effect of recent immigration on homicide rates across city of Austin, Texas census tracts is examined. Since 1980, Austin's recent immigrant population increased by more than 580% across the metropolitan area and it is now considered a "pre-emerging" immigrant gateway city to the United States. Therefore the changing population dynamics in Austin provide an excellent opportunity to study the effect of recent immigration on homicide. After controlling for structural predictors of homicide and correcting for spatial autocorrelation, our findings indicate that recent immigration is not associated with homicide.

PB - Sage Publications VL - 13 SN - 1088-7679 IS - 3 ER -