Neighborhoods, acculturation, crime, and victimization among hispanics: The cross-fertilization of the sociologies of immigration and crime

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-17

  Miller, HollyVentura ^a   Gibson, Chris L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; Hispanics; immigration; segmented assimilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955059230     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: 15525406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986210396206     Document Type: Article

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