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Immigrants and Violence: The Importance of Neighborhood Context

Prevention Research Center and San Jose State University

Randi S. Cartmill

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Robert Nash Parker

University of California, Riverside

This study examined the relationship between violence and immigration. The importance of neighborhood context, including alcohol availability, was also investigated. Using data from block groups, these relationships were examined in three California communities with significant immigrant populations. Data on socioeconomic characteristics were combined with police data concerning youth and data on alcohol availability. These data were geocoded in a block group, and population-based rates were calculated. A specialized regression package was used to examine these relationships. Results indicated that immigration and youth violence were not related, but that violence was predicted by alcohol availability. Contextual factors such as family breakdown and professional role models were also found to be significant predictors of youth violence. Furthermore, the context of violence is important in understanding why violence varies within communities. Violence prevention efforts may benefit from regulatory efforts to reduce the high concentrations of alcohol outlets that exist in Latino neighborhoods.

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 20, No. 2, 155-174 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/07399863980202002


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