Immigration, crime, and victimization: Rhetoric and reality

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages 141-159

  Zatz, Marjorie S ^a   Smith, Hilary ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminalization; exploitation; immigration enforcement; immigration law; moral panic; racialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873322989     PISSN: 15503585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-102811-173923     Document Type: Review

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