Immigration, Social Integration and Crime

Solivetti, Luigi M.

doi:10.4324/9780203880784

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“…This feeling of threat is especially present when the cultural distance with immigrant groups is perceived to be larger, e.g., because of a different religious or cultural background. The fear of crime, furthermore, can also be considered an element of realistic threat, as members of the majority group have been shown to become more worried about crime and safety as a result of the presence of ethnic minorities in their communities (Chiricos, McEntire & Gertz, 2001;Drakulich, 2013;Semyonov, Gorodzeiksy & Glikman, 2012;Solivetti, 2010;Wang, 2012;Wickes et al, 2013).…”

Section: Group Threat and Feelings Of Unsafetymentioning

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The relation between ethnic diversity and fear of crime: An analysis of police records and survey data in Belgian communities

Hooghe

Vroome

2016

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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In the framework of intergroup threat theory, it is routinely assumed that the presence of immigrant groups in a local community could contribute to fear of crime among the majority population. This could be explained by a direct relation between ethnic diversity and some forms of crime, but it can also be expected that stereotypes toward specific groups of the population contribute to a perception of group threat. In this article it is assessed how the real and perceived presence of immigrant groups and the occurrence of criminal acts are related to fear of crime. The analysis is based on a combination of newly available official police records and survey data for local municipalities in Belgium. The results show there is no significant relation between reported crime and fear of crime. The community level of ethnic diversity is, however, significantly related to fear of crime. The findings suggest that applications of group threat theory should not only focus on economic and cultural threat, but also on the perceived impact of diversity on crime and safety.

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Section: Group Threat and Feelings Of Unsafetymentioning

confidence: 99%

The relation between ethnic diversity and fear of crime: An analysis of police records and survey data in Belgian communities

Hooghe

Vroome

2016

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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“…In the past two decades, empirical study of the possible link between immigration and crime has been in full swing (Bucerius and Tonry, 2014;Marshall-Haen, 1997;Solivetti, 2010;Tonry, 1997), and second-generation immigrant crime has become a topic of scientific interest on its own right (Waters, 1999). So far, most sociological studies in search of the causes of an immigrant crime problem have confined themselves to analysing data on the social, economic and cultural developments of immigrant groups in the host country.…”

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Crime among young Moroccan men in the Netherlands: Does their regional origin matter?

Bovenkerk

Fokkema

2015

European Journal of Criminology

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High crime rates among second-generation immigrants are usually attributed to the ethnic group's weak socioeconomic position in the host society. The causes of crime can, however, also be sought in their native countries or regions. Owing to a lack of empirical data, this has rarely been tested. The Netherlands is an exception: small-scale ethnographic case studies among young Moroccan men in Dutch cities suggest that their regional background and culture, particularly if they are from the less developed Rif Mountains area, may explain their high crime rates. In this article we examine whether this applies to the results of a quantitative study on all the Moroccan male juveniles in the Netherlands. At the individual level, our unique dataset is a combination of their native regions, criminal records (ever suspected of a crime) and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Logistic regression analysis shows that current socioeconomic position is a strong predictor of ever having been suspected of a criminal offence, and the impact of geographical descent, directly or indirectly via socioeconomic position in the Netherlands, is negligible. Accordingly, our findings on Moroccans in the Netherlands do not warrant our questioning the common explanation of the immigrant-crime connection in criminology and suggest further research to determine the specific host society's features that explain the overrepresentation of ethnic groups in crime statistics.

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“…Hier is gekeken naar regionale differentiatie binnen een land en daarmee is dat methodologische bezwaar veel minder aanwezig. Vooralsnog sluiten we graag aan bij Solivetti (2010), die op grond van een vergelijking van verschillende immigrantengroepen in verschillende immigratielanden tot de conclusie komt dat de kenmerken van de immigratiesamenlevingen meer over de criminaliteit in etnische groepen verklaren dan de kenmerken van de landen van afkomst.…”

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Criminaliteit onder Marokkaanse jongemannen in Nederland: speelt regionale herkomst een rol?

Bovenkerk¹,

Fokkema²

2015

Tijdschrift Voor Criminologie

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Immigration, Social Integration and Crime

Cited by 22 publications

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The relation between ethnic diversity and fear of crime: An analysis of police records and survey data in Belgian communities

The relation between ethnic diversity and fear of crime: An analysis of police records and survey data in Belgian communities

Crime among young Moroccan men in the Netherlands: Does their regional origin matter?

Criminaliteit onder Marokkaanse jongemannen in Nederland: speelt regionale herkomst een rol?

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