NCJ Number
29098
Journal
COLLECTED STUDIES IN CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH Volume: 3 Dated: (1968) Pages: 9-76
Date Published
1968
Length
68 pages
Annotation
OVERVIEW AT STATISTICS AND CRIMINOLOGICAL LITERATURE ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT OF MIGRANTS, INTERNAL MIGRATIONS, WORKERS MIGRATION, THE RETURNED OR SEASONED MIGRANT, AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESEARCH.
Abstract
THE LARGE NUMBER OF EUROPEAN MIGRANT WORKERS MOTIVATES THE PREOCCUPATION OF EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS WITH THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE WORKERS' MIGRATION TAKING PLACE FROM MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES TO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. THE STUDY CONCLUDES THAT THE GENERAL LITERATURE ON THE PROBLEM OF MIGRATION AND CRIME IS ONLY OF MARGINAL RELEVANCE TO THE PRESENT MIGRATION OF EUROPEAN WORKERS. THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EUROPEAN MIGRANTS MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TRANSFER HYPOTHESES AND RESULTS FROM EARLIER STUDIES. FURTHERMORE, THE CRIME RATE OF EUROPEAN MIGRANTS IN THE HOST COUNTRIES, IN SPITE OF THEIR GREATER VISIBILITY AND PROBABLY OF STRICTER REPORTING, APPEARS TO BE PRACTICALLY EQUAL OR INFERIOR TO THE RATE FOR THE POPULATION OF THE HOST COUNTRIES. THE STUDY RECOMMENDS THAT A DETAILED LARGE-SCALE STUDY OF THE GLOBAL PICTURE OF THE MIGRATION OF EUROPEAN WORKERS AND CRIME BE UNDERTAKEN. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)