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      Immigration, Violence, and Community

      Latino Homicide

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      Latino Homicide book

      Immigration, Violence, and Community
      ByRamiro Martinez, Jr.
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2002
      eBook Published 2 December 2013
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315870434
      Pages 222
      eBook ISBN 9781315870434
      Subjects Social Sciences
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      Martinez, Jr., R. (2002). Latino Homicide: Immigration, Violence, and Community (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315870434

      ABSTRACT

      According to some politicians and much of the mainstream media, immigrant populations only contribute crime to their communities. Seen as unmotivated and unemployed, these immigrants are thought to be a threat to society's moral fiber, and a burden to its justice system.

      Ramiro Martinez tells a very different story in Latino Homicide. Studying five major cities--Chicago, El Paso, Houston, Miami, and San Diego--Martinez reveals Latino homicide rates to be markedly lower than one would expect, given the economic deprivation of these urban areas. Far from dangerous or criminal, these communities often have exceptionally strong social networks precisely because of their shared immigrant experiences. With fascinating case studies drawn from police reports and actual cases, Latino Homicide refutes negative stereotypes in a coherent and critically rigorous analysis of the issues.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|12 pages

      INTRODUCTION: LATINOS AND VIOLENT CRIME

      chapter 2|20 pages

      THE lEGRCY RnD ImRGES OF lRTInO CRimE

      chapter 3|20 pages

      THE CRERTlon OF lRTlnOS: LOCAL conTEHT AnD conTEmpORARY CRimE

      chapter 4|22 pages

      THE ORIGinS OF lRTInO COmmUnITIES

      chapter 5|20 pages

      THE ROOTS OF HomiCIDE In THE BRRRIO RnD EnClRVE

      chapter 6|18 pages

      THE ETHNIC AND IMMIGRANT HOMICIDE CONTRAST, 1980–95

      chapter 7|18 pages

      FACT OR FICTION? LATINO HOMICIDE MOTIVES

      chapter 8|16 pages

      CONCLUSION: MOVING BEYOND BLACK AND WHITE VIOLENT CRIME RESEARCH

      chapter 9|4 pages

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