title: Immigration and Crime in the News, 2014-2018: Do Focusing Events and Policy Windows Affect Framing?
abstract: Although an abundance of literature demonstrates that immigrant populations are less crime-prone than the native-born population, the majority of Americans believe that immigration inherently threatens the security of the United States. Because Americans are not well versed in the complex issues of immigration and crime, public opinion is undoubtedly influenced by media outlets’ crafted narratives that simplify circumstances and events into easily digestible material. The current study examines 
journal: Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science