Latino homicide: immigration, violence, and community

"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...

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Main Author: Martínez, Ramiro (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2015
In:Year: 2015
Edition:Second Edition
Online Access: Cover (Verlag)
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 9 E 2612
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Keywords:
Emigration and immigration
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic Americans > Case studies
Hispanos > Gewaltkriminalität > Tötung
Homicide
Homicide > Case studies > United States
Homicide > United States > Case studies
Latin Americans
Latin Americans > Case studies > United States
Latin Americans > United States > Case studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
United States > Case studies > Emigration and immigration > United States > Case studies
United States > Emigration and immigration > Case studies
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Summary:"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"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index
Physical Description:xiv, 210 Seiten Diagramme 24 cm
ISBN:9780415536516
9780415536530
0415536510
0415536537