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Does Immigration Increase Homicide? Negative Evidence From Three Border Cities

Matthew T. LeeUniversity of AkronCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ramiro MartinezFlorida International University, National Consortium on Violence Research, National Institute of Justice Du Bois Fellow
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Richard RosenfeldUniversity of Missouri—St. Louis, National Consortium on Violence Research
Pages 559-580 | Published online: 12 Dec 2016

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