"People from minority groups are relatively more often suspected of crimes that are more likely to end in a prison sentence. There is also a higher average number of charges against people from minority groups. On the socio-economic scale, people with an immigration background are more likely to be in vulnerable positions with lower education levels.

"The origin of a suspect influences the outcomes of the criminal proceedings against them. 'This may indicate conscious or unconscious discrimination, which goes against the principle of the rule of law, in which everyone has an equal chance of fair treatment,' the researchers said."

test6554 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It seems like someone with an immigration background should have to go through an on-boarding period where a new arrival takes part in community service and is immersed with civic-minded people and good citizens rather than just heading straight for the slums to fend for themselves and live among the sorts of people who will be a bad influence on them.

	▲	kelseyfrog 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		How would that lower the rate at which immigrants are suspected of crimes?

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retired 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If you adjust for socio-economic factors then migrants are just as criminal as the rest of the population.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2621324-percentage-asielmigranten-ver...

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JuniperMesos 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Why should you adjust for socio-economic factors though? Migrants coming to a new country where they score systematically worse on some kind of socio-economic metric, and then systematically committing more crime than the indigenous population, is bad for the indigenous population regardless.

	▲	lejalv 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Somebody would have to drive the buses and wait the tables. You're making it appear as if immigrants appeared out of thin air to occupy a social position. But the receiving country needs them, because their population is too old, too lazy, too greedy, or all three. It's very useful to have a disenfranchised underclass of immigrants to keep your own working class in check. Bonus points if you convince the latter that the source of all evil is the former. 101 capitalism, and it has worked with you.