Everyday violence, structural racism and mistreatment at the US-Mexico border

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-74

  Sabo, Samantha ^a   Shaw, Susan ^a   Ingram, Maia ^a   Teufel Shone, Nicolette ^a   Carvajal, Scott ^a   de Zapien, Jill Guernsey ^a   Rosales, Cecilia ^a   Redondo, Flor ^b   Garcia, Gina ^b   Rubio Goldsmith, Raquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences School of Anthropology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Farmworkers; Immigration; Mistreatment; Stress; US Mexico border; USA

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BORDER REGION; HEALTH IMPACT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACISM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMMIGRATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MEXICO; MISCONDUCT; RACISM; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STRESS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

DISCRIMINATION; FARMWORKERS; IMMIGRATION; MISTREATMENT; STRESS; US-MEXICO BORDER; USA;

ADULT; ARIZONA; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACISM; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84899538240     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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