03622nam 22006374a 450 991095621220332120200520144314.01-59332-291-7(CKB)1000000000476831(OCoLC)651965588(CaPaEBR)ebrary10225127(SSID)ssj0000456763(PQKBManifestationID)12148448(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000456763(PQKBWorkID)10409603(PQKB)10819161(MiAaPQ)EBC3016817(Au-PeEL)EBL3016817(CaPaEBR)ebr10225127(OCoLC)923649693(BIP)14080016(EXLCZ)99100000000047683120070409d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrImmigration and crime the effects of immigration on criminal behavior /Jacob I. StowellNew York LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC20071 online resource (184 p.)The new AmericansBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-59332-204-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-173) and index.Introduction : reconsidering the link between immigration and crime -- Social disorganization theory : expectations and empirical realities -- Studies of immigration and crime : findings and limitations of previous research -- Analytical approach : data and methodology employed in current study -- Structural and spatial contexts of violence -- Direct and indirect effects of immigration on violence -- Conclusion : review and directions for future research."Stowell examines the impact of immigration on violent crime. Criminological theory, and particularly social disorganization theory, has held that immigration is inextricably linked to crime. Stowell tests whether patterns of neighborhood-level violence are partially attributable to the population characteristics of an area, and, in particular, to its nativity composition. His analyses offer both support for and challenges to social disorganization theory. Consistent with theoretical expectations, immigration is found to be indirectly associated with levels of violence. Little support, however, is found for the notion that immigrants are a largely homogeneous population, or that immigration is positively associated with property crime. The results call for a refinement of the disorganization theory, one that is sensitive to the differences among the foreign-born population and one that does not assume a negative impact of immigration on neighborhood social structure and violence."--BOOK JACKET.New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Violent crimesSociological aspectsResearchUnited StatesImmigrantsSocial conditionsResearchUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsResearchNoncitizen criminalsResearchUnited StatesUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationResearchViolent crimesSociological aspectsResearchImmigrantsSocial conditionsResearchEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsResearch.Noncitizen criminalsResearch364.3086/9120973Stowell Jacob I.1973-1820071MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956212203321Immigration and crime4381305UNINA