Latino homicide: immigration, violence, and community

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"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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Autor principal: Martínez, Ramiro (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2015
En:Año: 2015
Edición:Second Edition
Acceso en línea: Cover (Verlag)
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Disponibilidad en Tübingen:Disponible en Tübingen.
UB: KB 9 E 2612
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Homicide > United States > Case studies
Latin Americans > United States > Case studies
Hispanic Americans > Case studies
Homicide > Case studies > United States
Latin Americans > Case studies > United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
Emigration and immigration
Hispanic Americans
Homicide
Latin Americans
United States > Emigration and immigration > Case studies
United States > Case studies > Emigration and immigration > United States > Case studies
Hispanos > Gewaltkriminalität > Tötung
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Sumario:"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"--
Notas:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index
Descripción Física:xiv, 210 Seiten, Diagramme, 24 cm
ISBN:9780415536516
9780415536530
0415536510
0415536537