Martinez, Ramiro, Jr.

Immigration and Crime: Ethnicity, Race, and Violence - New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law Martinez, Ramiro, Jr.

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Avail. in paper. Review Quotes:"Interesting collection of pieces." -"Gainesville Sun", Review Quotes: "Immigration and Crime is a terrific collection that debunks the stereotype of the Latino 'criminal immigrant.' The systematic and thorough quantitative and qualitative data in the book should provide pause and help shape a new policy agenda on immigration and crime." - Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, author of "Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States"Review Quotes: "This volume shines a much needed light on the complexity of connections between crime, race, ethnicity, and immigration in the United States. Drawing on a distinguished group of experts on crime and immigration, Martinez and Valenzuela pull together a stimulating blend of perspectives and methods to address a topic that has been sadly neglected by researchers." - Gary LaFree, author of "Losing Legitimacy: Street Crime and the Decline of Social Institutions in America"Review Quotes:"This is a highly readable and well-edited historical anthology, a wide-ranging collection that deals with mental retardation over two centuries. The book deserves perusal by anyone interested in mental retardation. The plot is powerful, and the questions profound." -"New England Journal of Medicine", Review Quotes:"Essential."Review Quotes:"Illuminates the history of mental retardation in America, a subject that has largely been ignored by scholars. This volume goes far beyond the history of institutional care, and covers such subjects as the role of families, changes in concepts of retardation and educational theory, and the role of the state. "Mental Retardation in America" will contribute toward a new understanding of the subject and serve as a stimulus to further research."-Gerald N. Grob, Rutgers UniversityReview Quotes:"The book will be of value to scholars concerned with the newly emerging history of disability."-"Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences", Review Quotes: ("This volume shines a much needed light on the complexity of connections between crime, race, ethnicity, and immigration in the United States. Drawing on a distinguished group of experts on crime and immigration, Martinez and Valenzuela pull together a stimulating blend of perspectives and methods to address a topic that has been sadly neglected by researchers.")-(Gary LaFree), (author of "Losing Legitimacy: Street Crime and the Decline of Social Institutions in America") Review Quotes: (""Immigration and Crime" is a terrific collection that debunks the stereotype of the Latino 'criminal immigrant.' The systematic and thorough quantitative and qualitative data in the book should provide pause and help shape a new policy agenda on immigration and crime.")-(Eduardo Bonilla-Silva), (author of "Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States") Review Quotes: ("Serves as a much needed wake up call to scholars, policy makers, and the general public.")-(Tim Wadsworth), (University of Colorado, Boulder) Review Quotes: ("Essential.")-("Choice"), () Review Quotes:"Essential."-"Choice", Review Quotes:"Serves as a much needed wake up call to scholars, policy makers, and the general public."-Tim Wadsworth, University of Colorado, BoulderReview Quotes:""Immigration and Crime" is a terrific collection that debunks the stereotype of the Latino 'criminal immigrant.' The systematic and thorough quantitative and qualitative data in the book should provide pause and help shape a new policy agenda on immigration and crime."-Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, author of "Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States"Review Quotes:"This volume shines a much needed light on the complexity of connections between crime, race, ethnicity, and immigration in the United States. Drawing on a distinguished group of experts on crime and immigration, Martinez and Valenzuela pull together a stimulating blend of perspectives and methods to address a topic that has been sadly neglected by researchers."-Gary LaFree, author of "Losing Legitimacy: Street Crime and the Decline of Social Institutions in America"Review Quotes:"Strongly recommended"-"Library Journal", Publisher Marketing: While recently much work has been done on the life of immigrants, little is known about contemporary patterns of crime as related to immigration, race, and ethnicity. Central to the topic are questions of stigmatization, employment, immigration status, community life, and discrimination. The original essays in this much-needed collection broadly assess this state of affairs, providing important insights about past understandings of immigration and crime, many based on theories that have proven to be untrue or racially biased, as well as offering new scholarship on some of the most central topics of concern. Immigration and Crime covers both a variety of immigrant groups - mainly from Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America - and a variety of topics, including: victimization, racial conflict, juvenile delinquency, exposure to violence, homicide, drugs, gangs, and border violence. Overall, the contributors argue that fears of immigrant crime are largely unfounded, as immigrants are themselves often more likely to be the victims of discrimination, stigmatization, and crime.

Contributor Bio:  Martinez, Ramiro, Jr. Charis E. Kubrin is Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine and author of many books, including Privileged Places: Race, Residence, and the Structure of Opportunity. Contributor Bio:  Valenzuela, Abel, Jr. Abel Valenzuela, Jr. is associate professor of urban planning and Chicana/o studies and at the University of California, Los Angeles.