Immigrants, Crime, and Criminal Justice in Sweden (From Ethnicity, Crime, and Immigration: Comparative and Cross-National Perspectives, P 183-255, 1997, Michael Tonry, ed. - See NCJ-165170)

• NCJ Number: 165174
• Author(s): P L Martens
• Date Published: 1997
• Length: 73 pages
• Sale Source: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Type: Literature Review
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Research on the involvement of immigrants in crime in Sweden and on the response of the criminal justice system is reviewed.

Abstract

The analysis revealed that immigrants generally have higher crime rates than do indigenous Swedes, particularly for violence and theft. Immigrants are also more likely than indigenous Swedes to be victims of violence. Both first-generation and second-generation immigrants have higher crime rates than do indigenous Swedes. However, second-generation immigrants have lower rates than first-generation immigrants; this finding contradicts results in other countries. These lower rates may be a consequence of Swedish social welfare policy. The offending pattern of second-generation immigrants is similar to the pattern of indigenous Swedes. Groups with a high total crime rate in the first generation tend to have a relatively high total crime rate in the second generation and vice versa. Research recommendations, figures, tables, and 83 references (Author abstract modified)