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immigrant neighborhoods  

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  • There is a popular perception that immigrant neighborhoods are criminogenic. The perception that immigration leads to crime is based partially on early criminological research, such as the seminal work Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas, written in the early 20th century by Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay. [Source: Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America; Immigrant Neighborhoods]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/immigrant_neighborhoods

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