Andresen Martin A
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2013 May;57(5):632-57. doi: 10.1177/0306624X12436798. Epub 2012 Mar 21.
The relationship between immigration and crime is politically charged and often fueled by the presence (or lack) of xenophobia. Many theoretical and empirical assessments of this relationship indicate that immigration does indeed lead to increased crime, but more recent (and very early) research investigating homicide calls this finding into question. The current analysis investigates the relationship between immigration and homicide using multiple measures of migration and Canadian provinces as the unit of analysis. It is found that the link between immigration and homicide is complex and dependent on the measure of migration used. Generally speaking, the results presented here are consistent with the more recent and very early research. Immigration, in and of itself, does not increase homicide. Rather it is the increase in the most criminogenic subpopulation that matters, that is young males.
移民与犯罪之间的关系在政治上充满争议，且常常因仇外心理的存在（或不存在）而加剧。对这种关系的许多理论和实证评估表明，移民确实会导致犯罪率上升，但最近（以及非常早期）对杀人罪的研究对这一发现提出了质疑。当前的分析以加拿大各省为分析单位，使用多种移民衡量指标来研究移民与杀人罪之间的关系。研究发现，移民与杀人罪之间的联系很复杂，并且取决于所使用的移民衡量指标。一般来说，这里呈现的结果与最近以及非常早期的研究一致。移民本身并不会增加杀人罪。相反，最具犯罪倾向的亚群体（即年轻男性）数量的增加才是关键所在。
