Latino Criminalization. Illegal Immigration and Crime in the US

Texto Academico , 2016 , 20 Páginas , Calificación: 10.0

Sociología - Derecho y Delincuencia

This research paper examines the relationship of undocumented Latinos to crime in the United States. Many empirical studies in the past years argued that undocumented immigrants have been a reason in the decrease in crime rates over the past forty years.

Communities with a high number of undocumented immigrants tend to have very low crime rates compared to those of native-born Americans. Already deteriorated neighbourhoods, where undocumented newcomers establish their homes, show a significant decrease in crime. Both the spur of immigration and the decrease in crime rates have run parallel to each other since the 1980s.

However, in the last decade, a mass incarceration of undocumented Latinos was found in the U.S. corrections system due to an overwhelming target of minority groups and tough legislations passed by the U.S. government.

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• Universidad: Rutgers The State University of New Jersey - Newark (School of Criminal Justice)
• Curso: Racial, Ethnic and Religious Diversity and Public Policy in America
• Calificación: 10.0
• Autor: Demetrius Goncalves (Autor)
• Año de publicación: 2016
• Páginas: 20
• No. de catálogo: V920395
• ISBN (Ebook): 9783346243997
• ISBN (Libro): 9783346244000
• Idioma: Inglés
• Etiqueta: race, ethnicity, religion, crime, illegal immigration, latino