Immigration, Crime, and Victimization: Rhetoric and Reality

Zatz, Marjorie S.; Smith, Hilary

doi:10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-102811-173923

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“…For specific types of victimization, Gorton and Van Hightower (1999) found that 17.4% of Hispanic female immigrant farm laborers sampled were victims of interpersonal violence within the previous year. In addition, while research on undocumented immigrants is limited, data suggest that these persons may have a significantly increased likelihood of being victimized (Bucher, Manasse, & Tarasawa, 2010;Zatz & Smith, 2012). While analysis of a single immigrant group can showcase certain predictors of victimization, the addition of a control group allows for ethnically diverse comparisons.…”

Section: Immigrant Victimizationmentioning

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The Interrelationships between Victimization, Fear, and Acculturation among Asian Immigrants

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Bouffard

2014

Victims & Offenders

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The current research addresses fear of crime, acculturation, criminal justice understanding, and victimization measures in a sample of Asian immigrants in Harris County, Texas. Data stems from research conducted by Kercher and Kuo (2008). This study includes 729 surveys completed by adult Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Taiwanese immigrants at community centers and churches in 2007. Findings suggest significant differences in fear of crime (and to a lesser extent in variations of acculturation) and understanding of the criminal justice system when controlling for victimization status. Support was absent in bivariate and multivariate analysis for ethnic differences in victimization. Additional findings indicate that reporting victimization only significantly varies based on time spent in the United States. Discussion of findings, future directions, and policy recommendations (including community mobilization and educational efforts) are provided.

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Section: Immigrant Victimizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Interrelationships between Victimization, Fear, and Acculturation among Asian Immigrants

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Bouffard

2014

Victims & Offenders

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“…To the contrary, intensified laws and enforcement practices against immigration may make these communities more vulnerable to being victimized (Nunziata 2014;Zatz and Smith 2012). shows the distribution of ethnicity in the five countries studied here.…”

Section: Ethnicity/race and Immigrantsmentioning

confidence: 95%

Restoring paradise in the Caribbean: combatting violence with numbers

2017

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ative Commons IGO 3.0 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC-IGO BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/legalcode) and may be reproduced with attribution to the IDB and for any non-commercial purpose.No derivative work is allowed.Any dispute related to the use of the works of the IDB that cannot be settled amicably shall be submitted to arbitration pursuant to the UNCITRAL rules. The use of the IDB's name for any purpose other than for attribution, and the use of IDB's logo shall be subject to a separate written license agreement between the IDB and the user and is not authorized as part of this CC-IGO license.Note that link provided above includes additional terms and conditions of the license. They lead to injury and the loss of human life, erode confidence in government, reduce the competitiveness of industries and services, negatively alter the investment climate, contribute to emigration, and can lead to the loss of skilled and educated citizens. Consequently, improving citizen security has become a priority of the Inter-American Development Bank in its efforts to support the governments and citizens of Latin America and the Caribbean.While citizen security has become an ever-increasing concern for many Caribbean countries, the magnitude of the problem has not been matched with an equally robust response in terms of research. Cross-national studies on the prevalence, causes, and effects of violence in the region are few. Empirical studies showing which policies have worked to reduce crime in the Caribbean are even scarcer.This volume analyses new data collected in household and business victimization surveys. These surveys allow us to understand crime from a primary source-the victims themselves. As such, this study goes beyond much of the existing literature, which relies primarily on police data. It contributes new information to our understanding of crime patterns, victim profiles, determinants of particular types of crime, and directions for crime reduction in the region.While the crime situation varies among countries, broadly speaking the Caribbean suffers from uniquely high levels of violent crime. After providing an overview of crime in five Caribbean capital cities, this volume addresses several factors associated with violent crime. These include youth, violence against women and children, neighbourhood characteristics, gangs, guns, and the police and criminal justice systems. The cost of this crime and violence to the Caribbean-about 3 percent of GDP-is significant. The study finds that victimization has negative ramifications for businesses, economic growth, tourism arrivals, emigration, and life satisfaction.However, perhaps the most unique aspect of this study is that it has been written with the specific intention of informing policy and programme design. There is much work in the region that is promising and much that is ineffective.This report helps to identify both, and urges that rigorous evaluations of the more promising programmes be conduc...

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“…With either micro or macro data, previous research either finds no relationship between immigrants and crime (Reid et al 2005) or reveals a decline in crime due to immigrants (Martinez 1997). There is research indicating that the association between immigrants and crime is entirely misleading (Zatz and Smith 2012).…”

Section: Literature Review and Research Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These pose many potential threats in fire control, food safety, and public safety. The fragility of the residential space increases migrants' risk of being victims (Zatz and Smith 2012). Second, from the perspective of derivatives of crime, economic crime and ordinary crime can overlap or transformed into each other.…”

Section: Theoretical Exposition and Reflectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Domestic migration, home rentals, and crime rates in China

2017

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Although it is commonly believed that immigration leads to a high crime rate, this relationship is far from conclusive. This paper contributes to this line of research by exploring the case of China, a country undergoing rapid and profound urbanization. We collected and analyzed the arrest and prosecution data from the procuratorates of 306 prefectures in China, combined with interviews with nine policemen and public procurators from five provinces. We found that domestic migration in different cities is significantly related to the prosecution rate, while home rentals provide a better predictor of the arrest rate. These findings imply that migration may introduce crime, but may partly through the rental-housing factor. Compared with prosecution cases that are broader in scope, arrest cases indicate graver crimes in China. This suggests that the rental factor may play an important role in the emergence and prevention of crime. The findings call for reflection on urbanization and its unintended consequences. Housing policies should not be considered merely in their economic sense; it should not be neglected as important social policy leverage in crime prevention and social inclusion.

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Immigration, Crime, and Victimization: Rhetoric and Reality

Cited by 101 publications

References 74 publications

The Interrelationships between Victimization, Fear, and Acculturation among Asian Immigrants

The Interrelationships between Victimization, Fear, and Acculturation among Asian Immigrants

Restoring paradise in the Caribbean: combatting violence with numbers

Domestic migration, home rentals, and crime rates in China

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