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Crime and Enforcement in Immigrant Neighborhoods: Evidence from New York City

2012 study from Columbia and Simon Fraser adding to the growing evidence that immigration and criminality are not linked at the general level, despite political claims to the contrary.

U.S. Justice Department: Does Neighborhood Watch Reduce Crime?

2008 Justice Department report on the effectiveness of citizen policing programs.

Contemporary Hate Crimes, Law Enforcement and the Legacy of Racial Violence

2009 paper published in the American Sociological Association on links between lynching and contemporary hate crimes.

Neighborhood Racial Context and Perceptions of Police-Based Racial Discrimination of Black Youth

2009 study in the journal Criminology on the racial makeup of neighborhoods and trends in racial profiling.

End of the Segregated Century: Racial Separation in America’s Neighborhoods, 1890-2010

2012 report by the Manhattan Institute on historical changes in the racial segregation of America’s neighborhoods.

Ethnic Fractionalization and Foreign Aid Effectiveness

2011 study from the University of Melbourne on the conditions that affect the efficacy of foreign aid.

Wealth Gaps Rise to Record Highs Among Whites, Blacks and Hispanics

Report by the Pew Research Center on increasing inequality among races in the United States

Collective Efficacy and Major Depression in Urban Neighborhoods

2011 study in American Journal of Epidemiology on how depression rates are affected by types and qualities of city neighborhoods.

Politicized Places: When Immigrants Provoke Opposition

2011 study in American Political Science Review on the societal conditions that spur anti-immigrant sentiment.

Neighborhood Violence and Urban Youth

2009 National Bureau of Economic Research paper on the relationship between early exposure to violence and later problems such as substance abuse and delinquency