Examining Systematic Crime Reporting Bias Across Three Immigrant Generations: Prevalence, Trends, and Divergence in Self-Reported and Official Reported Arrests

Objective: Mounting evidence reveals that foreign-born, first generation immigrants have significantly lower levels of criminal involvement compared to their US-born, second and third-plus generation peers. This study investigates whether this finding is influenced by differential crime reporting pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bersani, Bianca E. (Author)
Contributors: Piquero, Alex R. 1970- (autf num 1573-7799)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2017, Volume: 33, Issue: 4, Pages: 835-857
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Adults
Arrest
Crime
Crime reporting bias
Emigration & Immigration
Immigrants
Immigration and crime
Longitudinal
Official arrests
Self-reported arrests