The criminalization and victimization of immigrants: a critical perspective
Immigration, Crime and Justice
ISBN: 978-1-84855-438-2, eISBN: 978-1-84855-439-9
Publication date: 19 May 2009
Abstract
Purpose – To examine the immigration, crime and justice nexus from the perspective of non-state theorists.
Method – Review and synthesis of the literature.
Findings – The process of criminalization and victimization of immigrants is part of a wider situation of the neo-liberal development that causes destruction of the former social structure and thus of the practices of negotiated and peaceful management of disorder, discomfort and social problems. Fears and uncertainties connected to destruction of the political organization of society are exploited to support a securitarism that fails to create security but excels in reproducing insecurity.
Value – The criminalization and victimization of immigrants is seen from a much broader perspective than normally found, one that links those issues to political economy and global social structures.
Citation
Palidda, S. (2009), "The criminalization and victimization of immigrants: a critical perspective", Mcdonald, W.F. (Ed.) Immigration, Crime and Justice (Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance, Vol. 13), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 313-326. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1521-6136(2009)0000013020
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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