Demographic change and ethnically motivated crime: The impact of immigration on anti-Hispanic hate crime in the United States

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-298

  Stacey, Michele ^a   Carbone López, Kristin ^b   Rosenfeld, Richard ^b  

^a VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

hate crime; Hispanics; immigration; social threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960522793     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: 15525406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986211412560     Document Type: Article

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