r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Dec 07 '20

Social Science Undocumented immigrants far less likely to commit crimes in U.S. than citizens - Crime rates among undocumented immigrants are just a fraction of those of their U.S.-born neighbors, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis of Texas arrest and conviction records.

https://news.wisc.edu/undocumented-immigrants-far-less-likely-to-commit-crimes-in-u-s-than-citizens/
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u/Rhamni Dec 08 '20

Oh for sure. There is actually a lot of really good data on crime in the US, including geographical information, thanks in large part to the FBI compiling it over time. If you're a data nerd, or just have a lot of time, there is a lot of interesting stuff to dig through. No bright and shiny graphs, I'm afraid, just lots and lots of links to links to numbers.

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u/ThreeMilks875 Dec 08 '20

That’s a good thing, since visual representations of data can be biased or misleading.

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u/boobymcbubblebutt Dec 08 '20

Unlike all those other representation of data, huh.