Delinquency of Turkish juveniles with native and migrant status: Investigating the deprivation and importation hypotheses of offending using International Self-report Delinquency (ISRD3) data

• In Event: Migrant Youth as Victims and Offenders: Insights from the International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD3)

Abstract

Several studies have documented higher rates of self-reported violence among juveniles with a Turkish migration background compared to natives in Germany and the Netherlands. While the deprivation hypothesis tries to explain the higher rates of self-reported violence of 1st or 2nd generation migrants by more adverse living conditions in the host countries compared to the situation of the domestic population, the importation hypothesis tries to explain the differences by a different culture of violence in the three countries. Using ISRD-3 data from Germany, the Netherlands, and Turkey and propensity score matching of migrants and non-migrants, the paper investigates the deprivation and importation hypotheses by comparing rates of violent offending of Dutch, German, and Turkish juveniles with native and migrant status.

Author

• Dirk Enzmann, University of Hamburg