Ethnicity, Crime, and Immigration: Comparative and Cross-National Perspectives (Crime and Justice: A Review of Research)
Publisher: University of Chicago Press Journals
Published: June 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780226808284
Subjects: Citizenship & nationality law; Crime & criminology; Racism & racial discrimination; Social law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Sociology; Europe; Anthropology - Cultural; Criminology; Emigration & Immigration; Social Science / Emigration & Immigration; Crime; Ethnicity; Immigrants
First sentence: Members of some disadvantaged minority groups in every Western country are disproportionately likely to be arrested, convicted, and imprisoned for violent, property, and drug crimes.