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UTEP researchers present jail-based study: immigrants show lower criminal risk scores in El Paso data
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Researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso presented findings Thursday from two studies using county jail intake records and interviews; they reported lower criminogenic risk scores among immigrant groups in the samples and discussed policy implications and limitations.
Researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso presented findings Thursday from two related studies of jail bookings and interview data that examined the relationship between immigration status, acculturation and criminogenic risk factors among people processed in the county jail.
Dr. Theodore Curry, lead presenter, summarized the first study, which used county jail intake records for a consecutive cohort (more than 5,000 bookings in 2019). He said immigrants accounted for roughly 13% of jail bookings in that sample while constituting about 23% of the county population, and that immigrant bookings were associated with lower pretrial…
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