Adjust Crime Rates for Immigrant Exposure

Compare immigrant and native offending using exposure‑adjusted metrics (person‑years lived in the jurisdiction, age at arrival, tenure since migration) rather than raw incarceration or stock measures. Doing so reduces bias created when life‑time native populations are contrasted with recent arrivals and gives a truer picture of relative offending incidence. — If adopted, this shifts immigration and public‑safety debates away from headline incarceration comparisons to evidence that better targets policing, integration programs, and immigration policy.