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Migrants and Crime in Sweden in the Twenty-First Century
University West, Department of Social and Behavioural Studies, Division of Social Work and Social Pedagogy.
2020 (English)In: Society, ISSN 0147-2011, E-ISSN 1936-4725, Vol. 57, no 1, p. 9-21Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In 2005, the Swedish Crime Prevention Agency published a report about the link between immigration and crime. Since then, no comprehensive study has been conducted even though Sweden has experienced a large influx of migrants in combination with a rising crime rate. This study conducted by Goran Adamson and Tino Sanandaji is the first purely descriptive scientific investigation on the matter in fifteen years. The investigation (from 2002 to 2017) covers seven distinct categories of crime, and distinguishes between seven regions of origin. Based on 33 per cent of the population (2017), 58 per cent of those suspect for total crime on reasonable grounds are migrants. Regarding murder, manslaughter and attempted murder, the figures are 73 per cent, while the proportion of robbery is 70 per cent. Non-registered migrants are linked to about 13 per cent of total crime. Given the fact that this group is small, crime propensity among non-registered migrants is significant.

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Springer, 2020. Vol. 57, no 1, p. 9-21
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Sweden; Crime; Migrants; Immigration; Sweden’s Crime Prevention Agency; Refugees; Second-generation migrants; Non-registered migrants; Murder; Rape
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International Migration and Ethnic Relations
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-17026DOI: 10.1007/s12115-019-00436-8ISI: 000511619000002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85077996887OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-17026DiVA, id: diva2:1619599
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