Immigration and crime : ethnicity, race, and violence
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Immigration and crime : ethnicity, race, and violence
(New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series)
New York University Press, c2006
- : cloth
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
An essential collection that argues fears of immigrant crime are largely unfounded
The original essays in this much-needed collection broadly assess the contemporary patterns of crime as related to immigration, race, and ethnicity. Immigration and Crime covers both a variety of immigrant groups-mainly from Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America--and a variety of topics including: victimization, racial conflict, juvenile delinquency, exposure to violence, homicide, drugs, gangs, and border violence.
The volume provides important insights about past understandings of immigration and crime, many based on theories that have proven to be untrue or racially biased, as well as offering new scholarship on salient topics. Overall, the contributors argue that fears of immigrant crime are largely unfounded, as immigrants are themselves often more likely to be the victims of discrimination, stigmatization, and crime rather than the perpetrators.
Contributors: Avraham Astor, Carl L. Bankston III, Robert J. Bursik, Jr., Roberto G. Gonzales, Sang Hea Kil, Golnaz Komaie, Jennifer Lee, Matthew T. Lee, Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Cecilia Menjivar, Jeffrey D. Morenoff, Charlie V. Morgan, Amie L. Nielsen, Ruben G. Rumbaut, Rosaura Tafoya-Estrada, Abel Valenzuela, Jr., Min Zhou.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1 Coming to America: The Impact of the New Immigration on Crime Ramiro Martinez Jr.2 Rethinking the Chicago School of Criminology: A New Era of Immigration Robert J. Bursik Jr.3 Immigrant Assimilation and Crime: Generational Differences in Youth Violence in Chicago Jeffrey D. Morenoff and Avraham Astor4 Immigration and Incarceration: Patterns and Predictors of Imprisonment among First- and Second-Generation Young Adults Ruben G. Rumbaut, Roberto G. Gonzales, Golnaz Komaie, Charlie V. Morgan, and Rosaura Tafoya-Estrada5 Immigration and Asian Homicide Patterns in Urban and Suburban San DiegoMatthew T. Lee and Ramiro Martinez Jr.6 Delinquency and Acculturation in the Twenty-?rst Century: A Decade's Change in a Vietnamese American Community Min Zhou and Carl L. Bankston III7 Beyond Con?ict and Controversy: Blacks, Koreans, and Jews in Urban America Jennifer Lee8 The "War on the Border": Criminalizing Immigrants and Militarizing the U.S.-Mexico Border Sang Hea Kil and Cecilia Menjivar9 New Immigrants and Day Labor Abel Valenzuela Jr.10 Multiple Disadvantages and Crime among Black ImmigrantsAmie L. Nielsen and Ramiro Martinez Jr.About the Contributors Index
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