Latino homicide immigration, violence, and community
"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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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, London
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2015
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| Ausgabe: | Second Edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | Criminal justice series
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| Zusammenfassung: | "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"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index |
| Beschreibung: | xiv, 210 Seiten Diagramme 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780415536516 978-0-415-53651-6 9780415536530 978-0-415-53653-0 0415536510 0-415-53651-0 0415536537 0-415-53653-7 9781315776064 |