Ramiro Martinez Jr.
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Ramiro Martinez Jr. (born 1962) is an American criminologist. He is a professor at Northeastern University, in both the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.[1]
Ramiro Martinez Jr. | |
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| Born | 1962 (age 63–64) |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University (Ph.D., 1992) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Criminology |
| Institutions | Northeastern University |
Career
He is also the chair of the American Sociological Association's Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance.[2] He was born in San Antonio, Texas, and taught at Florida International University before joining Northeastern. In 2006, while on sabbatical from Florida International University, he became a visiting scholar at the University of Houston's Center for Mexican American Studies.[3] His research focuses on variations in crime across ecological areas, and across racial and immigrant groups.[1] This research includes multiple studies showing that immigration from Mexico to the United States is associated with lower crime rates.[4][5]
