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  • 022324

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  • Published 2007.
  • 44 pages.

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Why Are Immigrants' Incarceration Rates So Low? Evidence on Selective Immigration, Deterrence, and Deportation

Publication year: 2005 | Cataloged on: Jun. 04, 2007
ANNOTATION: Reasons for the low incarceration rates of immigrants are explained. Sections comprising this report are: introduction; immigrant self-selection; immigrants' non-labor market outcomes; comparison of immigrant and native born institutionalization rates across three decades; institutionalization by immigrant cohort; deportation, selection, and deterrence; and conclusion. Deportation is not a major factor in the continuing decrease in immigrant incarceration.
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