RT Article
T1 Immigration status and its relationship with delinquency, drug use, and gang membership in the English-speaking Caribbean
JF Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice
VO 23
IS 4
SP 348
OP 370
A1 Freemon, Kayla
A1 Katz, Charles M. 1969-
A1 Cheon, Hyunjung
A2 Katz, Charles M. 1969-
A2 Cheon, Hyunjung
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1940264650
AB Research demonstrates that the foreign-born population engages in less offending than their native-born counterparts. Much of the literature, however, originates in the United States and Europe. The current study examines the individual-level immigration-delinquency link among 11,485 youth in seven English-speaking Caribbean nations using bivariate comparisons and multivariate regression analyses by nation focused on six measures of delinquency. With few exceptions, migrants were not significantly more likely to engage in violence, gang membership, or drug sales. However, we observed mixed results regarding the relationship between immigration status and property offending, and alcohol and marijuana use across several nations, with immigration status serving as a risk factor in some countries and a protective factor in others.
K1 Immigration
K1 generational status
K1 Delinquency
K1 Caribbean
DO 10.1080/15377938.2025.2533289