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This Handbook presents current and future studies on the changing
dynamics of the role of immigrants and the impact of immigration,
across the United States and industrialized and developing nations.
It covers the changing dynamics of race, ethnicity, and
immigration, and discusses how it all contributes to variations in
crime, policing, and the overall justice system. Through
acknowledging that some groups, especially people of color, are
disproportionately influenced more than others in the case of
criminal justice reactions, the "War on Drugs", and hate crimes;
this Handbook introduces the importance of studying race and crime
so as to better understand it. It does so by recommending that
researchers concentrate on ethnic diversity in a national and
international context in order to broaden their demographic and
expand their understanding of how to attain global change.
Featuring contributions from top experts in the field, The Handbook
of Race and Crime is presented in five sections--An Overview of
Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice; Theoretical Perspectives on
Race and Crime; Race, Gender, and the Justice System; Gender and
Crime; and Race, Gender and Comparative Criminology. Each section
of the book addresses a key area of research, summarizes findings
or shortcomings whenever possible, and provides new results
relevant to race/crime and justice. Every contribution is written
by a top expert in the field and based on the latest research. With
a sharp focus on contemporary race, ethnicity, crime, and justice
studies, The Handbook of Race and Crime is the ideal reference for
advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars
interested in the disciplines such as Criminology, Race and
Ethnicity, Race and the Justice System, and the Sociology of Race.
Stowell examines the impact of immigration on violent crime.
Crimiological theory, and particularly social disorganization
theory, has held that immigration is inextricably linked to crime.
Stowell tests whether patterns of neighborhood-level violence are
partially attributable to the population characteristics of an
area, and, in particular, to its nativity composition. His analyses
offer both support for and challenges to social disorganization
theory. Consistent with theoretical expectations, immigration is
found to be indirectly associated with levels of violence. Little
support, however, is found for the notion that immigrants are a
largely homogeneous population, or that immigration is positively
associated with property crime. The results call for a refinement
of the disorganization theory, one that is sensitive to the
differences among the foreign-born population and one that does not
assume a negative impact of immigration on neighborhood social
structure and violence.
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