Study looks into whether immigrants impact crime
Study looks into whether immigrants impact crime
- February 18, 2026
- Charis Kubrin, criminology, law and society and CPIP affiliate, Spectrum News 1, Feb. 18, 2026 (Video)
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A local professor is being honored for her more than 20 years of studying public safety and crime in our communities. … Professor Charis Kubrin, who teaches criminology, law and society at UC Irvine, joined "Your Morning" to discuss the theory. “Basically, there are two key questions researchers are interested in: first, do the foreign-born offend at a higher rate compared to the native-born? And then second, do communities or cities that have higher concentrations of immigrants have higher rates of crime? And the answer to both those questions is no,” says Kubrin.
For the full story, please visit https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-california/education/2026/02/18/uc-irvine-professor-charis-kubrin-your-morning.
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