The Criminal Victimization of Immigrants
ISBN:
978-3-319-88709-8
Auflage:
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Verlag:
Springer International Publishing
Land des Verlags:
Schweiz
Erscheinungsdatum:
06.06.2019
Reihe:
Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology
Format:
Softcover
Seitenanzahl:
135
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This book offers a comprehensive examination of the many forms of victimization of immigrants, including trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation and forced labor; assaulting, robbing and raping; refusing to pay wages; renting illegal living space that violates health codes; and domestic abuse both in general, and in particular, of mail-order brides.
McDonald examines a broad range of quantitative and qualitative data from historical and international sources including the USA, Canada, Mexico, Britain, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, and Spain. He writes with a view to correcting myths about the relationship between immigrants and crime, noting that immigrants are more likely to become victims than offenders.
The book outlines the multiple forms and contexts in which immigrants are victimized, exploited, and harmed. Reviewing micro- and macro-level victimological and sociological theories as they apply to patterns and forms of immigrants’ victimization, this study ultimately seeks to understand reasons for which immigrants are victimized by their own kind, and by persons outside their community.
McDonald examines a broad range of quantitative and qualitative data from historical and international sources including the USA, Canada, Mexico, Britain, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, and Spain. He writes with a view to correcting myths about the relationship between immigrants and crime, noting that immigrants are more likely to become victims than offenders.
The book outlines the multiple forms and contexts in which immigrants are victimized, exploited, and harmed. Reviewing micro- and macro-level victimological and sociological theories as they apply to patterns and forms of immigrants’ victimization, this study ultimately seeks to understand reasons for which immigrants are victimized by their own kind, and by persons outside their community.
Schlagwörter
modern slavery
crime and ethnicity
Population Heterogeneity
Mail-Order Brides
Politics of Hate Crime
Coercive Labor
Illegal Housing
Work Paper Scams
Exploiting Immigrant Vulnerability
Intra-Group Victimization
Residential Segregation
Victim-Offender Interactions
crime and migration
crime and immigration
Biografische Anmerkung
William F. McDonald is Professor at the Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Georgetown University, USA; and Co- Director at the Institute of Criminal Law and Procedure at the Law Center, USA.
