Citation

Ventura Miller H, Gibson CL. J. Contemp. Crim. Justice 2011; 27(1): 4-17.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1043986210396206

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Hispanics represent the fastest growing demographic in the United States and will constitute the majority of the population by 2050. Despite this considerable growth, criminology has largely ignored these groups and research in this area lags behind. This article is an attempt to address these oversights by offering recommendations for a theoretically driven research agenda related to Hispanic crime and victimization. Drawing from the sociologies of crime and immigration, we describe several ways in which to extend and integrate the knowledge base on these topics; more specifically, we offer suggestions for disentangling the link between acculturation, crime, and victimization among Hispanics and how the links between these may depend on the neighborhood context in which Hispanics reside. We conclude with a modest research agenda on conceptual, methodological, and statistical issues.