The essays in this volume examine in-depth topics in the field of crime and migration, using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. They bring together classic research from a broad range of disciplines, including criminal justice, sociology, psychology and political science. This book provides a broad and yet in-depth overview on migration and crime. It includes classic pieces from different disciplines (such as criminal justice, sociology, psychology and political science) that examine a variety of topics (such as hate crimes, organized crime, trafficking, victimization issues, reporting issues, policing and incarceration issues and conceptual paradigms) in a variety of locations (such as the USA, Israel, Europe, Japan and Jamaica) with both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Contents: Theory and Policy: The application of the culture conflict hypotheses to the criminality of immigration in Israel, Shlomo Shoham (1962); The immigration crime nexus: toward an analytic framework for assessing and guiding theory, research and policy, Daniel P. Mears (2001); Exporting and importing criminality: incarceration of the foreign-born, Graeme Newman, Joshua D. Freilich and Gregory J. Howard (2002); Policy paradox: implications of US drug control for Jamaica, Marlyn J.
Jones (2002); Non EU citizens experiences of offending and victimization: the case for comparative European research, Joanna Goodey (2000). Offending: Migration and crime in Europe, Hung-en Sung and Jack Reed (1995); Foreign minorities and the criminal justice system in the Federal republic of Germany, Hans-Jorg Albrecht (1987); Some explanations of crime among 4 ethnic groups in the Netherlands, Marianne Junger and Wim Poulder (1992); Crime and Russian immigration: socialization or importation? The Israeli case, Arye Rattner (1997); Analysis of the crimes committed by foreigners in Japan, Minoru Yokoyama (1999); Immigration and crime among youth in Switzerland, Alexander Vazsony and Martin Killias (2001); Crime and manipulation of identity among Russian speaking immigrants in the Netherlands, Dina Siegel and Frank Bovenkert (2000); A comparative assessment of criminal involvement among immigrants and natives across 7 nations, James P. Lynch and Rita J. Simon (1999); Does immigration increase homicide? Negative evidence from 3 border cities, Matthew T. Lee, Ramiro Martinez and Richard Rosenfeld (2001); Immigrants, urban politics and policing in 1900, Craig Brown and Barbara D. Warner (1992). Transnational Crime and Illegal Immigration: Trafficking and human smuggling: a European perspective, John Salt (2000); Illegal Chinese immigration into the United States: a preliminary factor analysis, John Z. Wang (2001); Jamaican posses and transnational crime, Janice Joseph (1999).
Immigrants as Victims: Immigrants as victims of crime, Peter L. Martens (2001); Aggressive youth cultures and hate crimes: skinheads and xenophobic youth in Germany, Meredith W. Watts (2001); Fear of crime among an immigrant population in the Washington DC area, Yaw Ackah (2000); Willingness to report crimes: the role of ethnic group membership and community efficacy, Robert C. Davis and Nicole J. Henderson (2003); Risk, fear, harm: immigrant women''s perception of the policing solution to women abuse, Sandra Wacholz and Backje Miedme (2000); Index. About the Author: Joshua D. Freilich is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York, USA. His main research interests include; Far-right wing culture, deviance, political crime & terrorism; criminological theory; and International & comparative criminal justice.
He is a lead investigator for the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), a Center of Excellence of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Graeme R. Newman is distinguished teaching professor at the School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany. He has advis.