When reading the articles for this week, there were major findings. What were these findings? How do the limitations presented in each article direct future researchers and their ability to provide substantive findings for future policy makers?
Articles:
o Phinney, J. (1996). When we talk about American ethnic groups, what do we mean? American
Psychologist, 51, 918-927
o Hagan, John, and Alberto Palloni. 1999. “Sociological Criminology and the Mythology of Hispanic Immigration and Crime.” Social Problems 46: 617-632.
o Reid, Lesley Williams, et al. 2005. “The Immigration-Crime Relationship: Evidence across U.S. Metropolitan Area.” Social Science Research 34: 757–780.
o Nielsen, Amie L., Matthew T. Lee, and Ramiro Martinez, Jr. 2005. “ Integrating Race, Place, and Motive in Social Disorganization Theory: Lessons from a Comparison of Black and Latino Homicide Types in Two Immigrant Destination Cities.” Criminology 43: 837-872.
o Martinez, Ramiro Jr., Jacob I. Stowell, & Matthew T. Lee. 2010. “ Immigration and Crime in an Era of Transformation: A Longitudinal Analysis of Homicides in San Diego Neighborhoods, 1980-2000.” Criminology 48: 797-829.