The problem of social control has constituted the acid test for
the entire issue of immigration and integration. But whilst recent
studies show that the crime rate for non-nationals is three, four
or more, times higher than that of the country's 'own' citizens,
academic interest in these statistics has been inhibited by the
political difficulties they raise. Immigration, Social Integration
and Crime addresses this issue directly. Providing a thorough
analysis of immigration and crime rates in all of the main European
countries, as well as examining the situation in the US, Luigi M.
Solivetti concludes that the widespread notion that a large
non-national population produces high crime rates must be rejected.
Noting the undeniably substantial, but significantly variable,
contribution of non-nationals to crime statistics in Western
Europe, he nevertheless goes on to analyze and explain the factors
that influence the relationship between immigration and crime. It
is the characteristics of the 'host' countries that are shown to be
significantly associated with non-nationals' integration and,
ultimately, their involvement in crime. In particular, Solivetti
concludes, it is 'social capital' in the host societies - comprized
of features such as education, transparency, and openness - that
plays a key role in non-nationals' integration chances, and so in
their likelihood to commit crime. Supported by extensive empirical
data and statistical analysis, Immigration, Social Integration and
Crime provides an invaluable contribution to one of the most
pressing social and political debates - in Europe, and
elsewhere.
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