Immigration And Crime

by Martinez, Ramiro, Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780814757055
• ISBN10: 0814757057
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-01
• Publisher: New York Univ Pr

Summary

While recently much work has been done on the life of immigrants, little is known about contemporary patterns of crime as related to immigration, race, and ethnicity. Central to the topic are questions of stigmatization, employment, immigration status, community life, and discrimination.The original essays in this much-needed collection broadly assess this state of affairs, providing 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 some of the most central topics of concern. 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. 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.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 Mart?nez, Jr., Cecilia Menj?var, Jeffrey D. Morenoff, Charlie V. Morgan, Amie L. Nielsen, Rub?n G. Rumbaut, Rosaura Tafoya-Estrada, Abel Valenzuela, Jr., Min Zhou.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
1 Coming to America: The Impact of the New Immigration on Crime	1	(19)
Ramiro Martinez Jr.
2 Rethinking the Chicago School of Criminology: A New Era of Immigration	20	(16)
Robert J. Bursik Jr.
3 Immigrant Assimilation and Crime: Generational Differences in Youth Violence in Chicago	36	(28)
Jeffrey D. Morenoff and Avraham Astor
4 Immigration and Incarceration: Patterns and Predictors of Imprisonment among First- and Second-Generation Young Adults	64	(26)
Rubén G. Rumbaut, Roberto G. Gonzales, Golnaz Komaie, Charlie V Morgan, and Rosaura Tafoya-Estrada
5 Immigration and Asian Homicide Patterns in Urban and Suburban San Diego	90	(27)
Matthew T Lee and Ramiro Martinez Jr.
6 Delinquency and Acculturation in the Twenty-first Century: A Decade's Change in a Vietnamese American Community	117	(23)
Min Zhou and Carl L. Bankston III
7 Beyond Conflict and Controversy: Blacks, Koreans, and Jews in Urban America	140	(24)
Jennifer Lee
8 The "War on the Border": Criminalizing Immigrants and Militarizing the U.S.-Mexico Border	164	(25)
Sang Hea Kil and Cecilia Menjivar
9 New Immigrants and Day Labor: The Potential for Violence	189	(23)
Abel Valenzuela Jr.
10 Multiple Disadvantages and Crime among Black Immigrants: Exploring Haitian Violence in Miami's Communities	212	(23)
Amie L. Nielsen and Ramiro Martinez Jr.
About the Contributors	235	(2)
Index	237