Immigration and crime : race, ethnicity, and violence / edited by Ramiro Martinez, Jr. and Abel Valenzuela, Jr.

Other author Martínez, Ramiro, Jr.
Other author Valenzuela, Abel, Jr.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, ©2006.
Descriptionx, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
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Subjects
Crime--United States. --Sociological aspects.
Noncitizen criminals--United States.
Immigrants--Crimes against. --United States.
Immigrants--United States. --Social conditions.
United States--Emigration and immigration.
United States--Race relations.

SeriesNew perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series
New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series. ^A703922
Contents Coming to America: the impact of the new immigration on crime / Ramiro Martinez Jr. -- Rethinking the Chicago school of criminology: a new era of immigration / Robert J. Bursik Jr. -- Immigrant assimilation and crime: generational differences in youth violence in Chicago / Jefferey D. Morenoff, Avraham Astor -- Immigration and incarceration: patterns and predictors of imprisonment among first- and second-generation young adults / Rubén G. Rumbaut, Roberto G. Gonzales, Golnaz Komaie, Charlie V. Morgan, Rosaura Tafoya-Estrada -- Immigration and Asian homicide patterns in urban and suburban San Diego / Matthew T. Lee, Ramiro Martinez Jr. -- t Delinquency and acculturation in the twenty-first century: a decade's change in a Vietnamese American community / Min Zhou, Carl L. Bankston III -- Beyond conflict and controversy: Blacks, Koreans, and Jews in urban America / Jennifer Lee -- The "war on the border": criminalizing immigrants and militarizing the U.S.-Mexico border / Sang Hea Kil, Cecilia Menjívar -- New immigrants and day labor: the potential for violence / Abel Valenzuela Jr. -- Multiple disadvantages and crime among Black immigrants: exploring Haitian violence in Miami's communities / Arnie L. Nielsen, Ramiro Martinez Jr.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006002281
ISBN0814757049 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780814757048 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0814757057 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780814757055 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HV6181 .I45 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold