TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - The effect of immigration enforcement on crime reporting: evidence from Dallas
JO  - Journal of urban economics
A1  - Jácome, Elisa
SP  - e103395
EP  - e103395
VL  - 128
IS  - 
N2  - Mistrust between immigrants and the police may undermine law enforcement's ability to keep communities safe. This paper documents that immigration policies affect an individual's willingness to report crime. I analyze the 2015 Priority Enforcement Program, which focused immigration enforcement on individuals convicted of serious crimes and shifted resources away from immigration-related offenses. I use data from the Dallas Police Department that include a complainant's ethnicity to show that the number of violent and property crimes reported to the police by Hispanics increased by 4 percent after the introduction of PEP. These results suggest that reducing enforcement of individuals who do not pose a threat to public safety can potentially improve trust between immigrant communities and the police.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0094-1190
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2021.103395
ID  - ref1
ER  -