Ramiro Martinez, Jr. Professor in Criminology and Criminal Justice and in Sociology and Anthropology R.Martinez@neu.edu 617.373.7066 Expertise ethnic, immigrant groups, Mexico's drug violence, violence and crime along US/Mexican border and US/Caribbean border, violent crime across ecological settings and across racial, ethnic, and immigrant groups Ramiro Martinez, Jr. in the Press Scientific American Undocumented Immigrants Are Half as Likely to Be Arrested for Violent Crimes as U.S.-Born Citizens “The longer [immigrants] reside in the United States, the more they adapt to American society, and the more likely their arrest rates resemble those of the native-born,” says Ramiro Martinez, Jr., a quantitative criminologist at Northeastern University. Immigrants and crime: Crunching the numbers “The basic claim is at best unsustainable or more likely pure fiction. A fact created out of thin air,” Ramiro Martinez, a criminal justice professor at Northeastern University, told PolitiFact. The bottom line, PolitiFact says, is that it’s unclear just how many undocumented immigrants are currently in prison, because the available statistics don’t provide details […] PolitiFact Unsubstantiated: Greg Abbott attributes 3,000 murders to immigrants here illegally In checking Perry’s claim, we’d asked criminologists recommended to us by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York how to interpret the DPS-presented information. Notably, the DPS web page doesn’t specify when the 3,070 homicide charges in the criminal histories of all the “alien” individuals arrested in Texas since October 2008 accumulated. […] PolitiFact Rick Perry claim about 3,000 homicides by illegal immigrants not supported by state figures Walker and Ramiro Martinez, Jr., a Northeastern University professor, each suggested it’s highly unlikely unauthorized residents committed that many homicides in the years mentioned by Perry. Drawing on FBI Uniform Crime Statistics for Texas posted online by the DPS, Walker calculated that from 2008 through 2012, there were 3,903 persons arrested on homicide charges in […] Ramiro Martinez, Jr. for Northeastern Global News The immigration debate in America The immigration debate in America As part of Northeastern’s educational series on civic sustainability, a trio of Northeastern scholars led a discussion on immigration issues in the U.S. from a legal, philosophical, and criminal justice perspective. 3Qs: Examining the dynamics of drug violence 3Qs: Examining the dynamics of drug violence In recent months, more reports have surfaced of escalating violence involving drug cartels in parts of Mexico. We asked Ramiro Martinez Jr., a professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern, to examine the current dynamic amid the Mexican drug violence plaguing these regions. As a quantitative criminologist, Martinez’s research looks at how violence varies across ecological settings, and if violent crimes and violent deaths vary across racial and ethnic groups.
Scientific American Undocumented Immigrants Are Half as Likely to Be Arrested for Violent Crimes as U.S.-Born Citizens “The longer [immigrants] reside in the United States, the more they adapt to American society, and the more likely their arrest rates resemble those of the native-born,” says Ramiro Martinez, Jr., a quantitative criminologist at Northeastern University.
Immigrants and crime: Crunching the numbers “The basic claim is at best unsustainable or more likely pure fiction. A fact created out of thin air,” Ramiro Martinez, a criminal justice professor at Northeastern University, told PolitiFact. The bottom line, PolitiFact says, is that it’s unclear just how many undocumented immigrants are currently in prison, because the available statistics don’t provide details […]
PolitiFact Unsubstantiated: Greg Abbott attributes 3,000 murders to immigrants here illegally In checking Perry’s claim, we’d asked criminologists recommended to us by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York how to interpret the DPS-presented information. Notably, the DPS web page doesn’t specify when the 3,070 homicide charges in the criminal histories of all the “alien” individuals arrested in Texas since October 2008 accumulated. […]
PolitiFact Rick Perry claim about 3,000 homicides by illegal immigrants not supported by state figures Walker and Ramiro Martinez, Jr., a Northeastern University professor, each suggested it’s highly unlikely unauthorized residents committed that many homicides in the years mentioned by Perry. Drawing on FBI Uniform Crime Statistics for Texas posted online by the DPS, Walker calculated that from 2008 through 2012, there were 3,903 persons arrested on homicide charges in […]