This study examined the relationship between the fear of deportation and perceptions of law
enforcement, the criminal justice system, and the willingness to report crimes among Latinos …

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 …

Though much attention has been given to the effect of ethnicity on perceptions of the police,
few studies had focused on Latino immigrants. Using research conducted in an immigrant …

Latinas may be unlikely to report violent crime, particularly when undocumented. This
research examines the impact of fear of deportation and trust in the procedural fairness of …

Police departments rely on residents to report crime in order to help keep communities safe.
Research suggests that attitudes toward the police are influenced by race and ethnicity; …

This report presents findings from a survey of Latinos regarding their perceptions of law
enforcement authorities in light of the greater involvement of police in immigration …

While research provides numerous insights about the fear and insecurity that Latino
immigrants experience at the hands of the police, much less is known about the experiences …

Purpose–Recent years have witnessed a national policy shift towards involving state and
local police in enforcing US federal immigration laws. Critics argue that involving local police …

This paper examines how recent immigration policies and immigration enforcement
strategies have impacted Latino immigrants in Arizona. Data were drawn from a sample of …

Objectives Because of the merging of immigration control and criminal justice, or
“crimmigration,” state and local police increasingly drive interior immigration enforcement …