Immigrant Populations as Victims in New York City and Philadelphia, 1994
Description
The purpose of this study was to examine interrelated
issues surrounding the use of the criminal justice system by immigrant
victims and to identify ways to improve the criminal justice response
to immigrants' needs and problems. Two cities, New York City and
Philadelphia, were selected for intensive investigation of
victimization of immigrants. In each of these cities, three immigrant
communities in a neighborhood were chosen for participation. In New
York's Jackson Heights area, Colombians, Dominicans, and Indians were
the ethnic groups studied. In Philadelphia's Logan section,
Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Koreans were surveyed. In all, 87 Jackson
Heights victims were interviewed and 26 Philadelphia victims were
interviewed. The victim survey questions addressed can be broadly
divided into two categories: issues pertaining to crime reporting and
involvement with the court system by immigrant victims.
Variables include type of crime, respondent's role in the
incident, relationship to the perpetrator, whether the incident was
reported to police, and who reported the incident. Respondents were
also asked whether they were asked to go to court, whether they
understood what the people in court said to them, whether they
understood what was happening in their case, and, if victimized again,
whether they would report the incident to the police.
Resources
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ICPSR06793.v1 |
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06793.v1 |
Tags
- criminal-justice-system
- needs-assessment
- crime-reporting
- court-cases
- victims
- victimization
- immigrants
- cities