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Examines the nexus between immigration and crime from all of the angles. This work addresses not just the evidence regarding the criminality of immigrants but also the research on the victimization of immigrants; human trafficking; domestic violence; the police handling of human trafficking; and, the exportation to crime problems via deportation.
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Table of Contents, List of Contributors, NEW TAKES ON AN OLD PROBLEMATIC: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE IMMIGRATION, CRIME AND JUSTICE NEXUS , PART I: THE CRIMINALITY OF IMMIGRANTS, Chapter 1: IMMIGRATION REDUCES CRIME: AN EMERGING SCHOLARLY CONSENSUS, Matthew T. Lee and Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Chapter 2: IMMIGRATION AND HOMICIDE IN URBAN AMERICA: WHAT'S THE CONNECTION?, Charis E. Kubrin and Graham C. Ousey, Chapter 3: PARADISE LOST? NEW TRENDS IN CRIME AND MIGRATION IN SWITZERLAND, Martin Killias, Chapter 4: THE NORMALITYA" OF SECOND GENERATIONSA" IN ITALY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LEGAL STATUS: A SELF-REPORT DELINQUENCY STUDY, Dario Melossi, Alessandro De Giorgi and Ester Massa, PART II: IMMIGRANTS AS VICTIMS OF CRIME, Chapter 5: IMMIGRANTS AS AUTHORS AND VICTIMS OF CRIMES: THE ITALIAN EXPERIENCE, Marzio Barbagli and Asher Colombo, Chapter 6: IMMIGRANTS AS VICTIMS OF CRIME: THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE, Toni Makkai and Natalie Taylor, Chapter 7: THE SMUGGLING - TRAFFICKING NEXUS AND THE MYTHS SURROUNDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING, Alexis A. Aronowitz, Chapter 8: COMPOUNDING VULNERABILITIES: THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION STATUS AND CIRCUMSTANCES ON BATTERED IMMIGRANT WOMEN, Edna Erez and Julie Globokar."
Summary
Examines the nexus between immigration and crime from all of the angles. This work addresses not just the evidence regarding the criminality of immigrants but also the research on the victimization of immigrants; human trafficking; domestic violence; the police handling of human trafficking; and, the exportation to crime problems via deportation.
