| Dangerous Strangers: Minority Newcomers and Criminal Violence in the Urban West, 1850-2000 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Mullen, K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403969787 ISBN-13: 9781403969781 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: Have newcomers to American cities been responsible for a disproportionate amount of violent crime? "Dangerous Strangers" takes up this question by examining the incidence of criminal violence among several waves of immigrant/ethnic groups in San Francisco over 150 years. By looking at a variety of groups--Irish, German, Italian, and Chinese immigrants, primarily--and their different experiences at varying times in the city's history, this study addresses the issue of how much violence can be attributed to new groups' treatment by the host society and how much can be traced to traits found in their community of origin. "Dangerous Strangers" fills an acknowledged gap in the literature of homicide studies and broadens our understanding of newcomer violence. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Social Science | Minority Studies - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 364.152 |
| LCCN: 2004061699 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.36" W x 8.44" (0.81 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - San Francisco, California - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 |
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| Publisher Description: Have newcomers to American cities been responsible for a disproportionate amount of violent crime? Dangerous Strangers takes up this question by examining the incidence of criminal violence among several waves of immigrant/ethnic groups in San Francisco over 150 years. By looking at a variety of groups - Irish, German, Italian, and Chinese immigrants, primarily - and their different experiences at varying times in the city's history, this study addresses the issue of how much violence can be attributed to new groups' treatment by the host society and how much can be traced to traits found in their community of origin. Dangerous Strangers fills an acknowledged gap in the literature of homicide studies and broadens our understanding of newcomer violence. |