Description
The perception of the immigrant as criminal or deviant has a long history in the United States, with many groups (e.g., Irish, Italians, Latinos) having been associated with perceived increases in crime and other social problems, although data suggest this is not necessarily the case. This Handbook examines the relationship between immigration and crime by presenting chapters reflecting key issues from both historical and current perspectives. The volume includes a range of topics related to immigration and crime, such as the links between immigration rates and crime rates, nativity and crime, and the social construction of the criminal immigrant, as well as historical and current immigration policy vis-à-vis perceptions of the criminal immigrant. Other topics covered in this volume include theoretical perspectives on immigration and assimilation, sanctuary cities, and immigration in the context of the "war on terror."
The Routledge Handbook on Immigration and Crime fills the gap in the literature by offering a volume that includes original empirical work as well as review essays that deliver a complete overview of immigration and crime relying on both historical and contemporary perspectives. It is a key collection for students in immigration courses; scholars and researchers in diverse disciplines including criminal justice, criminology, sociology, demography, law, psychology, and urban studies; and policy makers dealing with immigration and border security concerns.
Table of Contents
Immigration and Crime: An Introduction to the Handbook
Holly Ventura Miller, University of North Florida
Anthony Peguero, Virginia Tech
PART I. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON IMMIGRATION AND CRIME
1. On the History of Immigration and Crime
Holly Ventura Miller, University of North Florida
2. Aliens Addicting Us: A Historical Perspective of Immigration and Drug Control Policy
Elaine Carey, St. John’s University
Andrae Marak, Governor’s State University
PART II. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON IMMIGRATION AND CRIME
3. The Classical Assimilation Model: A Controversial Canon
Ben Feldmeyer, University of Cincinnati
4. Segmented Assimilation and Crime: Rethinking the Relationship between Assimilation and Crime
Cecilia Chouhy, Florida State University
5. Theoretical Perspectives on the Immigration-Crime Relationship
Charis E. Kubrin, University of California, Irvine
Michelle D. Mioduszewski, University of California, Irvine
PART III. EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON IMMIGRATION AND CRIME
6. Immigration and Crime Rates: Lasting Trends and New Understandings
Jacob I. Stowell, Northeastern University
Feodor A. Gostjev, Bridgewater State University
7. Immigration and Gangs
Kristina M. Lopez, University of North Florida
Nicholas Perez, California State University, Long Beach
Wesley G. Jennings, Texas State University
J. Mitchell Miller, University of North Florida
8. Immigrants as Victims
Janice Iwama, University of Massachusetts, Boston
9. Immigrant Generation Differences in Crime and Violence: Disentangling Myth and Perception from Empirical Reality
Jorge M. Chavez, Bowling Green State University
10. Latino Immigration and Crime
Carlos Rojas-Gaona, Shippensburg University
Arelys Madero-Hernandez, Shippensburg University
11. Crime and Delinquency among Asian Immigrants in the United States
Sujung Cho, Delta State University
Jeoung Min Lee, Wayne State University
Anh Prisner, Wayne State University
Jun Sung Hong, Wayne State University & Sungkyunkwan University
12. Afro-Caribbean Immigration and Crime
Amie Nielsen, University of Miami
13. Eastern European Immigration and Crime
Jana Arsovska, CUNY, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
PART IV. CURRENT ISSUES IN IMMIGRATION AND CRIME
14. Two Decades of Constructing Immigrants as Criminals
Cecilia Menjívar, University of Kansas
Andrea Gómez Cervantes, University of Kansas
Daniel Alvord, University of Kansas
15. Immigration and Terrorism
Nora Demleitner, Washington & Lee University
16. Immigration within Contemporary Political Discourse
Yalidy Matos, Rutgers University
17. Policing & Punishing Illegality in the United States
Amada Armenta, University of Pennsylvania
18. Immigrants in the Federal Court System
Amanda Pierson, George Washington University
Daniel E. Martínez, George Washington University
19. With Mass Deportation Comes Mass Punishment: Punitive Capacity, Health, and Standards in US Immigrant Detention
David Hernández, Mount Holyoke College
John Eason, Texas A&M University
Pat Rubio Goldsmith, Texas A&M University
Richard Abel, Texas A&M University
Andrew McNeely, Texas A&M University
20. Sanctuary Cities and Crime
Daniel E. Martínez, George Washington University
Ricardo Martínez-Schuldt, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Guillermo Cantor, American Immigration Council
