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Examining Adverse Experiences of First and Second Generation Immigrants: School- and Community-based Samples

Wed, Nov 16, 8:00 to 9:20am, M301, Marquis Level

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

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Much criminological research on immigration in the United States has focused on crime perpetration, but a growing body of research examines deleterious experiences faced by immigrants. The studies in this panel take varied approaches to examining immigrants’ experiences in two contexts: youth in schools and adults in the community. The first study, funded under the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Comprehensive School Safety Initiative, examines the extent to which first- and second-generation youth experience school safety, school discipline, and juvenile justice differently than non-immigrant students in Texas schools. NIJ funded the second and third studies of research on immigration status and crime, both of which take mixed methods approaches to the study of criminal victimization experienced by immigrants to the United States. One study uses surveys and interviews to study how Hispanic and Asian authorized and unauthorized residents living in California conceptualize and respond to the risk of victimization in their communities, while the final study leverages secondary data and interviews with immigrants in Arizona to better understand their experiences of violent victimization.

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