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Deportation would also affect the statistics, in that it removes potential repeat-offenders, no? The study doesn't mention repeat offenses, so I can only assum
by TonyStr 8mo ago
Deportation would also affect the statistics, in that it removes potential repeat-offenders, no?
The study doesn't mention repeat offenses, so I can only assume they sampled both first-offenders and repeat-offenders. If illegal immigrant offenders get deported rather than jailed, the statistics would be lower than if they were sent to prison and allowed to return to crime afterwards.
- constantius 8mo agoYes, as far as I know most criminality follows a Pareto distribution, so consistently removing those who get arrested will indeed affect the stats here. The 1 % of the population accountable for 63 % of all violent crime convictions: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3969807/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3969807/