Usual suspects? Public views about immigrants' impact on crime in European countries

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-131

  Ceobanu, Alin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

European countries; foreigners; immigration; impact on crime; prejudiced attitudes; public opinion

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CRIME; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

EUROPE;

EID: 79251514281     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715210377154     Document Type: Article

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