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- All Subjects: Criminal statistics--Data processing
- Creators: The Pride Publishing Company
The Arizona Computerized Criminal History records system serves as a central repository for the collection, maintenance, and sharing of information on individuals arrested and processed by Arizona's criminal justice system.
This report takes advantage of the research utility of criminal history record information by using this information to better understand the reporting of identity theft arrests in Arizona and subsequent criminal justice system activity.
Over the past several years, Arizona policymakers have debated a number of immigration-related crime control policies. These discussions have ranged from arguments over the wisdom of granting local law enforcement agencies the authority to arrest and prosecute illegal aliens, to enacting legislation that sanctions employers for hiring illegal aliens. The perception that illegal aliens are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime and violence in the state is at the root of many of these policy discussions. This report examines the connection between illegal aliens and crime in Maricopa County, Arizona, using data from the Arizona Arrestee Reporting Information Network.