Mexican Immigration: Insiders’ Views on Crime, Risks, and Victimization

The Interrelationships between Victimization, Fear, and Acculturation among Asian Immigrants

“…Qualitative research by Velazquez and Kempf-Leonard (2010) indicated that approximately 37% of Hispanic immigrants in their sample were victimized, whereas 63% identified as being a perpetrator. For specific types of victimization, Gorton and Van Hightower (1999) found that 17.4% of Hispanic female immigrant farm laborers sampled were victims of interpersonal violence within the previous year.…”

“…Immigrant populations have only recently received attention in research as victims of crime (McDonald & Erez, 2007), with a growing body of this research focusing on a single ethnic group (e.g., Ackah, 2000;Gorton & Van Hightower, 1999;Velazquez & Kempf-Leonard, 2010). Qualitative research by Velazquez and Kempf-Leonard (2010) indicated that approximately 37% of Hispanic immigrants in their sample were victimized, whereas 63% identified as being a perpetrator.…”

“…The victimization experiences of Hispanic individuals (e.g., Brown, 2009;Fussell, 2011;Martinez Jr., 2000;Velazquez & Kempf-Leonard, 2010) as well as of immigrant youth (e.g., Fandrem, Strohmeier, & Jonsdottir, 2012;Messinger, Nieri, Villar, & Luengo, 2012;Strohmeier & Dogan, 2012;Strohmeier, Kärnä, & Salmivalli, 2011) have been commonly identified in this literature, while a portion of that research has gone as far as to converge on these two groups (e.g., Mendez, Bauman, & Guillory, 2012;Peguero, 2009). Although research on victimization of Hispanic individuals and immigrant youth is valuable, an adequate representation of other immigrant populations has been neglected in the victimization literature.…”

“It’s Always with You, that You’re Different”: Undocumented Students and Social Exclusion

“…Finally, unauthorized immigrants experience multilayered discrimination, articulated in anti-immigrant sentiment expressed by peers, employers (Massey & Sánchez, 2010), the media, political discourse (Velazquez & Kempf-Leonard, 2010), local ordinances and state laws (Cleaveland, 2010;Esbenshade & Obzurt, 2008;Ismaili, 2010;Sabia, 2010). Many of this study's participants maintain that anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States is anti-Latino sentiment (Pérez & Cortés, 2011).…”

“…One form of exclusion can intersect and exacerbate another form of disadvantage (Dymski, 2010;Velazquez & Kempf-Leonard, 2010). In particular, unauthorized immigrants are disadvantaged in the workplace, which compounds the ethnic and language discrimination that many experience, sometimes also separating them from some segments of civil society (Dymski, 2010;Negi, 2013):…”