A few weeks ago I posted about Ron Unz’s inquiry into the question of Hispanic criminality. Rebuttals and counter-rebuttals have been bouncing round the blogosphere since — Matthew Roberts has a round-up here.

Having praised Ron’s respect for data in that original study, I should at least post one direct link to a counter-Ron piece. Here’s a good one by AEI’s Jason Richwine, posting on Richard Spencer’s splendid new webzine Alternative Right, which just started up March 1 (and on which I have a posting coming up in a day or two). Jason:

Unz is wrong when he says that Hispanics are no more criminal than whites. Hispanics are, in fact, substantially more likely than whites to commit serious crimes, and U.S.-born Hispanics in particular are about two and a half times more likely. These findings are not due to age differences or immigration violations or other statistical artifacts. The reality of Hispanic crime should be one of the many factors we consider when setting immigration policy.