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Research team analyzed 11,500 neighborhoods over a decade
August 13, 2026 – Irvine, Calif. – By Mimi Ko Cruz / School of Social Ecology – For more than two decades, Charis E. Kubrin has followed the data wherever it leads. As UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, she has built a career studying one of America’s most politically charged questions: does immigration drive crime?…