RT Article
T1 Immigrants’ Confidence in the Police: An Examination of Generational and Ethnic Differences in the United States
JF International criminal justice review
VO 30
IS 2
SP 156
OP 174
A1 Han, Sungil
A2 Hernandez, Richard
A2 Maskály, Jon
A2 Yim, Ha-Neul
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1787219895
AB As the number of immigrants in the United States grows, the importance of their confidence in the police cannot be understated. This article simultaneously examines the impact of both generational and ethnic differences among immigrants on their confidence in the police. Using a sample of U.S. residents from the World Value Survey (Wave 6, N = 2,232), the results suggest that first-generation immigrants have less confidence in the police than both nonimmigrants and second-generation immigrants. The results also suggest a generational and ethnic effect with second-generation immigrants of Hispanic/Latino origin reporting a lower level of confidence in the police than other ethnic immigrant groups. The importance of these findings is discussed in light of both scholarly and policy implications.
K1 Confidence in the police
K1 Ethnicity
K1 Generational effects
K1 Immigrants
DO 10.1177/1057567719883930