Graham C. Ousey

TL;DR: The authors investigated the longitudinal relationship between immigration and violent crime across U.S. cities and provided the first empirical assessment of theoretical perspectives that offer explanations of that relationship, finding that immigration lowers violent crime rates by bolstering intact (two-parent) family structures.

TL;DR: The authors investigated the longitudinal relationship between immigration and violent crime across U.S. cities and provided the first empirical assessment of theoretical perspectives that offer explanations of that relationship, finding that immigration lowers violent crime rates by bolstering intact (two-parent) family structures.

TL;DR: The authors found substantial and statistically significant race differences in the effects of important structural factors on homicide rates, including poverty, unemployment, income inequality, female-headed households, and deprivation index.

TL;DR: The authors synthesize the recent generation of immigration-crime research focused on macrosocial units using a two-pronged approach that combines the qualitative method of narrative review with the quantitative strategy of systematic meta-analysis.

TL;DR: This paper examined the relationship between marital attachment, delinquent peer association and desistance from marijuana use using data from waves 5 and 6 of the National Youth Survey and found that change in delinquent peer associations is a powerful predictor of marijuana desistance, consistent with the control theory interpretation of the marriage effect.