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Police officers understand evidence. From their time in the police academy to the first time they testify in court, even traffic court, an officer understands the importance of providing clear provable information. The evidence has to contribute to an argument that something is more than likely than not to be true. But when we to listen to news reports they are going to focus on the most serious issues. Unfortunately, the most serious issues are not the most common. In academics we call this "an N of 1." This does not stop people, the news media, or politicians from exploiting that single incident. But this is not evidence. The entire policing field understands the N of 1, because the field of policing can be targeted based on the behavior of a single officer. Whether the behavior is justified or corrupt, that single incident is thrown about as something common to policing. Again, this is not evidence. On today’s episode we’re going to be speaking with Calvin Proffit about the true nature of immigration and its relationship to crime. This is often discussed in the media, but we’re going to look at what the research evidences tells us about this issue. Calvin is a PhD candidate in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. Calvin is the lead author of “Gun Violence in the Age of Mass Migration: An Empirical Assessment of Immigration Effects on U.S. County-Level Firearm Homicides, 2000–2015,” which was published just a month or so ago.

Main Topics

• This research is a macro examination of crime patters across locations and demographics.
• Thirty years of research shows immigration insulates a neighborhood from crime.
• “Immigrant Revitalization” can decrease gang and gun violence.
• The macro level data finds a negative relationship between gun homicides and immigrant populations.
• When it comes to “gang-related” violence, this seems to be a unique problem.

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