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Do Blacks Speak with one Voice? Immigrants, Public Opinions, and Perceptions of Criminal Injustices.
- Source :
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JQ: Justice Quarterly . Aug2015, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p680-704. 25p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- This paper tests core tenets of the theory of African-American offending proposed by Unnever and Gabbidon. Their theory posits that African-Americans have a common worldview on matters of race that is related to their offending. However, Unnever and Gabbidon further hypothesize that immigrant blacks do not fully embrace the worldview shared by US-born blacks. Using a 2008 national Gallup poll, we examine whether US-born blacks share a common worldview and whether foreign-born blacks differ in their opinions on key issues including: criminal injustices, the state of American race relations, attitudes towards immigration and illegal immigrants, and the perception of mobility within American society. The results partially confirm their two key hypotheses; there are no entrenched differences in the public opinions of US-born blacks on race-related matters while immigrant blacks do not wholly endorse their worldview. We discuss the implications of these two findings in relation to how scholars conceptualize offending among blacks. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07418825
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- JQ: Justice Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 102915074
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2013.791714