We reveal new info. about attitudes toward immigration policy in criminally violent contexts and advance knowledge about the public endorsement of policies to preserve migrant rights and dignity. (5/5)

While other studies emphasize empathy via shared suffering, our evidence with nonvictims reveals the prosocial benefits of empathy are accessible to anyone who can imagine themselves in the shoes of the sufferer. (4/5)

We analyze two conduits of empathy: experiencing crime and imagining oneself in the shoes of a crime victim. Along with crime victims, nonvictims who take the perspective of a victim are more likely to support protecting migrants from crime. (3/5)

Based on nationally representative survey data, we find that empathic perspective taking -- imagining yourself in another's shoes -- is associated with willingness to donate 50 pesos monthly to migrant protection programs. (2/5)

We introduce a new framework that fuses insights from criminal governance, urban violence, and civil war. It helps us understand residents’ reactions to violence, their strategies to persevere, and the agency with which they act.

Based on field research in Medellín and Monterrey, we find that the type of violence residents face – indiscriminate or targeted – informs their self-protection choices. Responding to either type, residents employ distinct repertoires of self-protection to avoid, withstand or confront violence.