College
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences (BCAS)
Date of Last Revision
2023-05-03 16:26:20
Major
Political Science - Criminal Justice - Track 2
Honors Course
70579-003
Number of Credits
3
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2020
Abstract
In the United States, most lay citizens could voice an opinion on the effect of immigration in the United States. However, these opinions are generally only focused on Latino immigration entering the country across its Southern border from Mexico and Caribbean countries, such as Cuba and Haiti. Increased media coverage on this topic in recent decades has fueled this debate and made it a center stage topic in political agendas. This study aims to shed light on this issue by researching the true effect of Latino immigration, as well as total immigration, across the United States’s Southern Border. To account for underlying social conditions, this study includes a number of control variables that measure economic, educational, and demographic aspects of US states. Linear regressions were used to compare the effect of every independent variable on the dependent variable with the effects of every other indpendent/control variable. The conclusions of these regressions show that while total immigration does not have a noticeable affect on violent crime rates, increased Latino immigration can potentially raise overall violent crime rates in US states.
Research Sponsor
Dr. Phil Marcin
First Reader
Kimberly Hufgard
Second Reader
Dr. Ronald Gelleny
Honors Faculty Advisor
Dr. Ronald Gelleny
Recommended Citation
Hohman, Matthew, "Immigration and Crime Across Southern US Border: The Effect of Latino Immigration on Violent Crime" (2020). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1107.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1107
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