Are Hispanics the new 'Threat'? Minority group threat and fear of crime in Miami-Dade County

Social Science Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1102-1115

  Eitle, David ^a   Taylor, John ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear of crime; Minority group threat; Race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; FEAR; HISPANIC; HISTORY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CRIME; FEAR; FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS;

EID: 51649088883     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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