The Crime–Immigration Nexus: Cultural Alignment and Structural Influences in Self-Reported Serious Youth Delinquent Offending Among Migrant and Native Youth

Young people with a migrant background are often overrepresented in crime statistics. This study used data from the third International Self-Report Delinquency (ISRD3) study to examine to what extent cultural alignment—cultural resemblance between host and heritage country—and structural influences—...

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Communism
Crime
Criminal statistics
Cultural groups
Cultural heritage
Immigration
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile offenders
Middle Eastern cultural groups
Migrants
Minority groups
Native students
Offending
Probability
Self report
Students
Youth
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