Segmented assimilation, local context and determinants of drug violence in Miami and San Diego: Does ethnicity and immigrantion matter?

International Migration Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-157

  Martinez Jr , Ramiro ^a   Lee, Matthew T ^b   Nielsen, Amie L ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USER; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

CALIFORNIA; FLORIDA; MIAMI; NORTH AMERICA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5044238047     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2004.tb00191.x     Document Type: Article

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