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Title: Sanctuary Cities and Crime

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Publication Year: 2020

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Abstract: A sanctuary policy is a policy that inhibits local law enforcement from cooperating with immigration authorities. Sanctuary policies have gained more attention in recent U.S. policy debates. Opponents claim that sanctuary policies attract criminals and lower the cost of crime through weakter sanctions and lower apprehension probability. Supporters counter that these policies produce a spiral of trust that supports police and reasies informal social control over crime. Using city crime data from 1999 to 2010, I estimate the effect of sanctuary policies on crime. Using a difference-in-differences approach, this paper finds no evidence that sanctuary policies cause an increase in crime and some evidence that they may lead to a decrease in property crime.

Url: https://www.thecgo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sanctuary-Cities-and-Crime.pdf

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Authors: Otsu, Yuki

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Publication Number: 2020.015

Institution: Utah State University

Pages: 1-44

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Crime and Deviance, Migration and Immigration

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