The immigrant paradox: Immigrants are less antisocial than native-born Americans

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1129-1137

  Vaughn, Michael G ^a   Salas Wright, Christopher P ^b   Delisi, Matt ^c   Maynard, Brandy R ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Crime; Immigrant; Immigration; Race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CITIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84901490750     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0799-3     Document Type: Article

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