Ethnicity, Crime, and Immigration

by Tonry, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780226808277
• ISBN10: 0226808270
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

This volume is the first major cross-national examination of racial and ethnic differences in criminal offending, victimization by crime, and disparities and discrimination in justice systems. These nine essays provide comrehensive up-to-date summaries of research and experience concerning those subjects in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Population migration has reached an all time high in Europe and with it, "immigration and crime" has become the single most volatile and topical crime control issue in most of these countries. The nine essays in this book are written by the leading specialists in each country. Contributors include Roderic Broadhurst, Julian V. Roberts and Anthony N. Doob, David J. Smith, Pierre Tournier, Hans-Jouml;rg Albrecht, Josine Junger-Tas, Peter L. Martens, Martin Killias, Robert J. Sampson and Janet L. Lauritsen. Michael Tonry is Sonosky Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Ethnicity, Crime, and Immigration	1	(30)
Michael Tonry
Ethnic Minorities, Crime, and Criminal Justice in Germany	31	(70)
Hans-Forg Albrecht
Ethnic Origins, Crime, and Criminal Justice in England and Wales	101	(82)
David F. Smith
Immigrants, Crime, and Criminal Justice in Sweden	183	(74)
Peter L. Martens
Ethnic Minorities and Criminal Justice in the Netherlands	257	(54)
Fosine Funger-Tas
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Crime and Criminal Justice in the United States	311	(64)
Robert F. Sampson
Fanet L. Lauritsen
Immigrants, Crime, and Criminal Justice in Switzerland	375	(32)
Martin Killias
Aborigines and Crime in Australia	407	(62)
Roderic Broadhurst
Race, Ethnicity, and Criminal Justice in Canada	469	(54)
Fulian V. Roberts
Anthony N. Doob
Nationality, Crime, and Criminal Justice in France	523
Pierre Tournier