ERIC Number: EJ896017
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Oct
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0011-1287
EISSN: N/A
The Recidivism Patterns of Previously Deported Aliens Released from a Local Jail: Are They High-Risk Offenders?
Hickman, Laura J.; Suttorp, Marika J.
Crime & Delinquency, v56 n4 p507-534 Oct 2010
Previously deported aliens are a group about which numerous claims are made but very few facts are known. Using data on male deportable aliens released from a local jail, the study sought to test the ubiquitous claim that they pose a high risk of recidivism. Using multiple measures of recidivism and propensity score weighting to account for preexisting group differences, the authors find consistent support for the assertion that previously deported aliens are a high recidivism risk. Relative to similarly situated deportable aliens with no record of deportation, previously deported aliens are more likely to be rearrested, to be rearrested more quickly, and to be rearrested more frequently in a 1-year follow-up period. (Contains 5 notes, 6 tables, and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Recidivism, Criminals, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Males, Undocumented Immigrants, Mexicans, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Crime
SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: California; Mexico
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A