Criminology

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The community-level studies reviewed in this module focus primarily on areas along the border/immigrant-destination cities and find a fairly robust inverse relationship between immigration and crime. What do you think is unique about neighborhoods in such cities that would generate these findings? Another way to think about this question is to consider whether you believe a similar pattern of results would be generated in communities situated in non-gateway cities? In a few sentences, please state your reasoning (refer to the academic studies in your response). Reference: Cancino, J., Martinez, R., & Stowell, J. (2009). The Impact of Neighborhood Context on Intragroup and Intergroup Robbery: The San Antonio Experience. Preview the document The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 623(1), 12-24. MacDonald, J., Hipp, M., & Gill, R. (2013). The Effects of Immigrant Concentration on Changes in Neighborhood Crime RatesPreview the document. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 29(2), 191-215. Martinez, R., Stowell, J., & Lee, M. (2010). IMMIGRATION AND CRIME IN AN ERA OF TRANSFORMATION: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF HOMICIDES IN SAN DIEGO NEIGHBORHOODS, 1980–2000Preview the document*.