ISBN:
0203880781
,
1282733591
,
9780415490726
,
9781282733596
,
9781134008650
,
9780203880784
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 202 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Contemporary Issues in Public Policy v.v. 3
Uniform Title:
Immigrazione, integrazione e crimine in Europa. 〈engl.〉
Parallel Title:
Print version Immigration, Social Integration and Crime : A Cross-National Approach
DDC:
304.8/4
Keywords:
Social integration
;
Crime
;
Europe Emigration and immigration
Abstract:
The problem of social control has constituted the acid test for the issue of immigration and integration. This book offers an analysis of immigration and crime rates in the European countries, and examines the situation in the US. It states that the widespread notion that a large non-national population produces high crime rates must be rejected
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The debate on immigration and criminality: Past and present; Chapter 2: The research project; Chapter 3: National and non-national population in Western Europe; Chapter 4: Criminality in the countries of Western Europe; Chapter 5: Non-nationals in prison, non-nationals charged; Chapter 6: Indicators of socio-economic condition, integration and origin; Summary and conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix I: Crime rates and foreign-borns in the USA
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix II: Non-nationals and crime rates in Western EuropeAppendix III: Non-nationals in prison and characteristics of the various European countries; Index;
Note:
"A GlassHouse book
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
,
Translated from the Italian
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