The Criminal Victimization of Immigrants / by William F. McDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDonald, William F., Author.

Series:

Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology, 2947-9363

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Victims of crimes.

Criminology.

Human rights.

Criminal behavior.

Emigration and immigration.

Victimology.

Crime Control and Security.

Human Rights.

Criminal Behavior.

Human Migration.

Local Subjects:

Victimology.

Crime Control and Security.

Human Rights.

Criminal Behavior.

Human Migration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

1st ed. 2018.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

Summary:

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the many forms of victimization of immigrants, including trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation and forced labor; assaulting, robbing and raping; refusing to pay wages; renting illegal living space that violates health codes; and domestic abuse both in general, and in particular, of mail-order brides. McDonald examines a broad range of quantitative and qualitative data from historical and international sources including the USA, Canada, Mexico, Britain, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, and Spain. He writes with a view to correcting myths about the relationship between immigrants and crime, noting that immigrants are more likely to become victims than offenders. The book outlines the multiple forms and contexts in which immigrants are victimized, exploited, and harmed. Reviewing micro- and macro-level victimological and sociological theories as they apply to patterns and forms of immigrants' victimization, this study ultimately seeks to understand reasons for which immigrants are victimized by their own kind, and by persons outside their community.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319690629

3319690620