Immigrants and crime in the new destinations / Vincent A. Ferraro.

Ferraro expands the current focus of the immigration-crime link to incorporate both the effect of immigration on anti-immigrant violence and the differential processes at work in new immigrant destinations. The findings on traditional crime are consistent with recent research and the community resou...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Ferraro, Vincent A., 1981-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.
Series:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Summary:Ferraro expands the current focus of the immigration-crime link to incorporate both the effect of immigration on anti-immigrant violence and the differential processes at work in new immigrant destinations. The findings on traditional crime are consistent with recent research and the community resource perspective, in that there is no observed effect of immigration on overall rates of crime, whether in traditional receiving areas or in new destinations. Analysis of anti-immigrant hate crimes suggests that while traditional receiving areas, especially those made up of older arrivals, may buffer.
Physical Description:1 online resource (246 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781593327385
1593327382
1593326998
9781593326999
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Source of description: Print version record.