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Immigrant and Citizen Reincarceration in Pennsylvania
American Journal of Criminal Justice ( IF 6.037 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-30 , DOI: 10.1007/s12103-021-09609-w
Terrence A. Alladin , Don Hummer

Despite numerous studies debunking the association between immigrants and crime, many residents in Pennsylvania continue to associate immigration with criminal offending, and some communities have enacted (or attempted to enact) more restrictive policies towards immigrants. These policies, and the anti-immigrant rhetoric that has become commonplace at the national level, have created a caste system in which immigrants are seen as criminals and more likely to offend than native-born citizens of the United States. This study examines reincarceration of immigrants and citizens who were released from Pennsylvania’s state correctional institutions (SCI) in 2010. An analysis of reincarceration using logistic regression -- and including, in addition to country of birth, variables such as race, age, and type of crime committed--was conducted. The results indicate that immigrants are significantly less likely to be reincarcerated for a new criminal offense than citizens. Further, relative to their numbers in the Commonwealth’s population, immigrants are underrepresented in the overall correctional population for the time period covered by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ (PDOC) data, and an even smaller proportion of the offending population that is reincarcerated. These findings counter the politicallycharged rhetoric that new immigration to communities brings along with it dangerous and/or violent offenders and increased crime rates.



中文翻译:

宾夕法尼亚州的移民和公民再监禁

尽管有大量研究揭穿了移民与犯罪之间的联系,但宾夕法尼亚州的许多居民仍将移民与犯罪行为联系起来,并且一些社区已经(或试图制定)对移民的限制性政策。这些政策以及在国家一级已经变得司空见惯的反移民言论,已经建立了种姓制度,在这种制度中,移民被视为罪犯,比美国本地出生的公民更容易犯罪。这项研究调查了2010年从宾夕法尼亚州州教养机构(SCI)释放的移民和公民的再监禁情况。使用逻辑回归分析对再监禁情况进行分析-除出生国家外,还包括种族,年龄和类型等变量犯罪行为。结果表明,与新移民相比,移民被重新监禁的可能性大大低于公民。此外,相对于其在英联邦人口中的数量,在宾夕法尼亚州惩教署(PDOC)数据所涵盖的时间段内,移民在总体惩教人口中所占的比例较低,而被监禁的犯罪人口比例甚至更低。这些发现反驳了新移民向社区带来危险和/或暴力罪犯以及犯罪率上升的政治色彩。在宾夕法尼亚州惩教署(PDOC)数据所涵盖的时间段内,移民在整个惩教人口中所占的比例不足,而被监禁的犯罪人口比例甚至更低。这些发现反驳了新移民向社区带来危险和/或暴力罪犯以及犯罪率上升的政治色彩。在宾夕法尼亚州惩教署(PDOC)数据所涵盖的时间段内,移民在整个惩教人口中所占的比例不足,而被监禁的犯罪人口比例甚至更低。这些发现反驳了新移民向社区带来危险和/或暴力罪犯以及犯罪率上升的政治色彩。

更新日期:2021-01-31
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