Social Identity and Violence among Immigrant Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Mesch, Gustavo S.; Turjeman, Hagit; Fishman, Gideon
Titel	Social Identity and Violence among Immigrant Adolescents
Quelle	In: New Directions for Youth Development, (2008) 119, S.129-150 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-8916
DOI	10.1002/yd.277
Schlagwörter	Violence; Delinquency; Criminals; Foreign Countries; Immigrants; Social Influences; Identification (Psychology); Classification; Behavior Disorders; Crime; Correlation; Interviews; Acculturation; Cultural Influences; Social Discrimination; Family Environment; Peer Influence; Leisure Time; Language Usage; Educational Attainment; Mothers; Israel; Russia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gewalt; Kriminalität; Straftäter; Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Sozialer Einfluss; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Korrelation; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Akkulturation; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Familienmilieu; Freizeit; Sprachgebrauch; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Mother; Mutter; Russland
Abstract	Whereas traditional criminological theories treat juvenile delinquency largely as a reactive and expressive behavior that only seldom leads to specialized criminal offending or a criminal career, this article proposes an alternative classification of offenses that accounts for the difference between youthful reactive conduct and specialized criminality. It examines the effect of immigration on delinquency among juvenile Russians in Israel. In contrast to previous work that has examined the criminogenic effect of immigration without differentiating specific types of delinquency, this study investigates the immigration effect on eclectic as well as specialized delinquency. Based on survey data from face-to-face interviews with 910 immigrant youths from the former Soviet Union in Israel, the study finds important results regarding the integration of juvenile immigrants in modern societies. In contrast to the assumption that assimilation in multicultural societies represents a safe way for social adaptation and to prevent specific kinds of violent behavior, the authors find empirical support for a more sophisticated approach. Furthermore, the results underline the importance in differentiating between distinct forms of violence. (Contains 5 tables and 36 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10