TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Are Hispanics the new 'threat'? Minority group threat and fear of crime in Miami-Dade County
JO  - Social science research
A1  - Eitle, David
A1  - Taylor, Julie
SP  - 1102
EP  - 1115
VL  - 37
IS  - 4
N2  - Research examining the determinants of fear of crime has arguably raised more questions than it has answered. This exploratory study addresses one of the compelling questions that remains unanswered: what is the role of ethnicity, both at the community and individual levels, in understanding variation in fear of crime? Guided by racial or minority group threat theory, we examine the relative sizes of both the Black and Latino populations as indicators of minority group threat to determine their role in understanding individual fear of crime in a city where Latinos represent a much larger proportion of the population than Blacks (Miami-Dade County, Florida). Furthermore, the race and ethnic backgrounds of the respondents are also considered to evaluate their role in understanding variation in the fear of crime. Using both Census tract-level data and data collected from a NIDA sponsored grant that was part of a larger study about physically disabled residents, our findings reveal that in Miami-Dade County where Blacks are highly segregated from whites, the relative size of the Latino population is a predictor of fear of crime among white residents. Implications of this finding are considered, including a call for more nuanced research focusing on the predictors of fear of crime within multiethnic communities.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0049-089X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -