Has Immigration Really Led to an Increase in Crime in Italy?

Di Carlo, Donato; Schulte-Cloos, Julia; Saudelli, Giulia

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Has Immigration Really Led to an Increase in Crime in Italy?

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Di Carlo, Donato
International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society;

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Di Carlo, D., Schulte-Cloos, J., & Saudelli, G. (2018). Has Immigration Really Led to an Increase in Crime in Italy? LSE Blog EUROPP, (published online March 3).

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Abstract

Immigration has been a key topic in Italy’s election campaign, with several candidates arguing that the flow of people into the country during the migration crisis has increased the risk of crime. But has immigration really generated more crime in Italy? Drawing on data from the Italian National Institute of Statistics, Donato Di Carlo, Julia Schulte-Cloos and Giulia Saudelli illustrate that crime rates across Italian regions and the share of crimes committed by foreigners have both fallen significantly over the last decade.