"Walking ATMs": Street Criminals' Perception and Targeting of Undocumented Immigrants.
Research suggests undocumented immigrants are vulnerable to robbery, burglary, and car theft, but studies have focused exclusively on victims' perspectives rather than those of street offenders. This study draws from in-depth, semi-structured interviews of 25 active street offenders from a major sou...
| Publicado en: | JQ: Justice Quarterly Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 75 - 106 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2023
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=162670918&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 162670918 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 07418825 6M9 jtl: JQ: Justice Quarterly issn: 07418825 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2023 vid: 40 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 162670918 10.1080/07418825.2021.2005819 ppf: 75 ppct: 31 formats: tig: atl: "Walking ATMs": Street Criminals' Perception and Targeting of Undocumented Immigrants. aug: au: Caraballo, Krystlelynn Topalli, Volkan affil: School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA su: Undocumented immigrants Robbery Crimes against immigrants Burglary Automobile theft Criminals Automated teller machines sug: subj: Undocumented immigrants Robbery Crimes against immigrants Burglary Automobile theft Criminals Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing Other Building Equipment Contractors Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers Office and store machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers All other building equipment contractors Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing Other financial transactions processing and clearing house activities Automated teller machines keyword: active offenders Latino street crime victimization Walking ATM phenomenon active offenders Latino street crime victimization Walking ATM phenomenon ab: Research suggests undocumented immigrants are vulnerable to robbery, burglary, and car theft, but studies have focused exclusively on victims' perspectives rather than those of street offenders. This study draws from in-depth, semi-structured interviews of 25 active street offenders from a major southeastern US city to understand offenders' perspectives and motivations for deciding whether to target immigrants. Our findings support that some street offenders explicitly select targets based on perceived individual and socio-structural risk factors and the assumption of undocumented status. These include objective and subjective assessments of immigrants' reliance on cash-intensive employment, fear of deportation, and inability to access formal justice systems. Our interviews with offenders reveal they and their acquaintances rely on mainstream stereotypes of immigrants (documented and undocumented) and of Latinx populations to determine vulnerability, select targets, and to a lesser extent, justify victimization. Our results highlight the unintended consequences of US immigration policies on crime against immigrants. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|