RT Book
T1 Latino homicide: immigration, violence, and community
T2 Criminal justice series
A1 Martínez, Ramiro
LA English
PP New York London
PB Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
YR 2015
ED Second Edition
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1612280242
AB "Latino Homicide is the first empirically based, but readable book for courses to counter the conventional wisdom that immigrant populations only contribute crime to their communities. For this second edition, Martinez further emphasizes his argument with updated data and the addition of a new city, San Antonio. With fascinating case studies from police reports and actual cases from six varied cities, Latino homicide rates are revealed to be markedly lower than one would expect, given the economic deprivation of these urban areas. Far from dangerous or criminal, these communities often have exceptionally strong social networks precisely because of their shared immigrant experiences. Martinez skillfully refutes negative stereotypes in a coherent and critically rigorous analysis of the issues"--
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index
CN HV6529
SN 9780415536516
SN 9780415536530
SN 0415536510
SN 0415536537
K1 Homicide : United States : Case studies
K1 Latin Americans : United States : Case studies
K1 Hispanic Americans : Case studies
K1 Homicide : Case studies : United States
K1 Latin Americans : Case studies : United States
K1 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
K1 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
K1 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
K1 Emigration and immigration
K1 Hispanic Americans
K1 Homicide
K1 Latin Americans
K1 United States : Emigration and immigration : Case studies
K1 United States : Case studies : Emigration and immigration : United States : Case studies
K1 Hispanos : Gewaltkriminalität : Tötung