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.

Career

He is also the chair of the American Sociological Association's Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance. He was born in

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, and taught at

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before joining Northeastern. In 2006, while on sabbatical from Florida International University, he became a visiting scholar at the

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's Center for Mexican American Studies. His research focuses on variations in crime across ecological areas, and across racial and immigrant groups. This research includes multiple studies showing that immigration from Mexico to the United States is associated with lower crime rates.

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* Living people American criminologists Ohio State University alumni 1962 births People from San Antonio Northeastern University faculty Florida International University faculty American people of Mexican descent {{Criminologist-stub