Citation

Chheang D, Connolly EJ. Int. J. Offender Ther. Comp. Criminol. 2018; 62(9): 2624-2649.

Affiliation

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0306624X17732579

PMID

28929837

Abstract

The collective view of Asian Americans as model minorities is evident with the extensive amount of statistical data showing support for the academic and socioeconomic success of Asian Americans in the United States. This perception, however, often presents an inaccurate portrayal of Asian Americans, in general, as it overlooks many of the difficulties and hardships experienced by Asian American ethnic groups such as Southeast Asians. Within this group, Cambodian Americans are at the highest risk for experiencing socioeconomic hardships, behavioral health problems, substance use disorders, and contact with the criminal justice system, with deportation also being a prevailing issue. Unfortunately, research in this area is scant and contemporary research on Cambodian Americans has several limitations. To begin to address this issue, the present article merges information from existing research on this population from a sociohistorical, criminological, and theoretical standpoint to call for more comprehensive research on Cambodian Americans.

Language: en

Keywords

Cambodian Americans; behavioral health; criminological theory; criminology; substance use