Crime and immigration

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Crime and immigration

edited by Joshua D. Freilich and Graeme R. Newman

(The international library of criminology, criminal justice and penology, 2nd ser.)

Ashgate, c2007

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This book provides a broad and yet in-depth overview on migration and crime. It includes classic pieces from different disciplines (such as criminal justice, sociology, psychology and political science) that examine a variety of topics (such as hate crimes, organized crime, trafficking, victimization issues, reporting issues, policing and incarceration issues and conceptual paradigms) in a variety of locations (such as the USA, Israel, Europe, Japan and Jamaica) with both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

Table of Contents

  • Contents: Series preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I Theory and Policy: The application of the 'culture conflict' hypothesis to the criminality of immigrants in Israel, Shlomo Shoham
  • The immigration-crime nexus: toward an analytic framework for assessing and guiding theory, research and policy, Daniel P. Mears
  • Exporting and importing criminality: incarceration of the foreign-born, Graeme Newman, Joshua D. Freilich and Gregory J. Howard
  • Policy paradox: implications of US drug control for Jamaica, Marlyn J. Jones
  • Non-EU citizens experiences of offending and victimisation: the case for comparative European research, Joanna Goodey. Part II Offending: Migration and crime in Europe, Hung-en Sun and Jack Reed
  • Foreign minorities and the criminal justice system in the Federal Republic of Germany, Hans-JArg Albrecht
  • Some explanations of crime among 4 ethnic groups in the Netherlands, Marianne Junger and Wim Polder
  • Crime and Russian immigration - socialization or importation? The Israeli case, Arye Rattner
  • Analysis of the crimes committed by foreigners in Japan, Minoru Yokoyama
  • Immigration and crime among youth in Switzerland, Alexander T. Vazsonyi and Martin Killias
  • Crime and manipulation of identity among Russian- speaking immigrants in the Netherlands, Dina Siegel and Frank Bovenkerk
  • A comparative assessment of criminal involvement among immigrants and natives across 7 nations, James P. Lynch and Rita J. Simon
  • Does immigration increase homicide? Negative evidence from 3 border cities, Matthew T. Lee, Ramiro Martinez Jr. and Richard Rosenfeld
  • Immigrants, urban politics and policing in 1900, M.Craig Brown and Barbara D. Warner. Part III Transnational Crime and Illegal Immigration: Trafficking and human smuggling: a European perspective, John Salt
  • Illegal Chinese immigration into the United States: a preliminary factor analysis, John Z. Wang
  • The sanctuary movement and the smuggling of undocumented Central Americans into the United States: crime, devianc or defiance

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