Policing immigrant communities: Latino perceptions of police involvement in immigration enforcement
Policing immigrant communities: Latino perceptions of police involvement in immigration enforcement
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维持移民社区治安：拉丁美洲人对警察参与移民执法的看法
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2016
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通讯作者：
Robert Habans
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N. Theodore;Robert Habans
摘要本文使用的数据，从2004年在美国四个城市县的拉丁美洲人的调查，认为一个问题，还没有系统地调查：如何增加警察参与移民执法影响了警察的看法，是由移民和非移民拉丁美洲人举行？调查结果表明，许多拉丁美洲人报告说，他们害怕警察，这导致他们在社会上孤立，加剧了他们对执法当局的不信任。很大一部分拉丁裔受访者报告说，如果他们是犯罪的受害者，他们不太可能自愿与警方联系，或提供有关犯罪的信息，因为他们担心警方会利用这种联系作为调查他们或他们的朋友和家人移民身份的机会。我们使用回归分析来进一步分析这些反应的决定因素。我们的研究结果表明，涉及移民身份和感知不公平待遇的问题，以及由于移民和文件状态的脆弱性，与警察的负面遭遇，有助于社会孤立和犹豫向警方报告犯罪。这些调查结果对警察和拉丁裔社区之间的合作产生了影响，特别是因为地方当局已参与移民执法。
ABSTRACT Using data from a survey of 2004 Latinos in four urban counties in the USA, this paper considers a question that has not been systematically investigated: how has increasing police involvement in immigration enforcement impacted the perceptions of the police that are held by immigrant and non-immigrant Latinos? Survey results indicate that many Latinos report fear of police, contributing to their social isolation and exacerbating their mistrust of law enforcement authorities. A substantial portion of Latino respondents report that they would be less likely to voluntarily contact the police if they are the victim of a crime, or to provide information about a crime, because they fear that police would use this contact as an opportunity to investigate their immigration status or that of their friends and family members. We use regression analysis to further analyse the determinants of these responses. Our findings suggest that negative encounters with police involving questions of immigration status and perceived unfair treatment, as well as vulnerabilities due to immigration and documentation status, contribute to social isolation and hesitancy to report crimes to police. These findings have implications for cooperation between police and Latino communities, particularly since local authorities have been enrolled in immigration enforcement.