TY - JOUR
T1 - Latinas’ Perceptions of Law Enforcement
T2 - Fear of Deportation, Crime Reporting, and Trust in the System
AU - Messing, Jill Theresa
AU - Becerra, David
AU - Ward-Lasher, Allison
AU - Androff, David K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015.
PY - 2015/8/25
Y1 - 2015/8/25
N2 - Latinas may be unlikely to report violent crime, particularly when undocumented. This research examines the impact of fear of deportation and trust in the procedural fairness of the justice system on willingness to report violent crime victimization among a sample of Latinas (N = 1,049) in the United States. Fear of deportation was a significant predictor of Latinas’ perceptions of the procedural fairness of the criminal justice system. However, trust in the police is more important than fear of deportation in Latinas’ willingness to report violent crime victimization. Social workers can provide rights-based education and encourage relationship building between police and Latino communities.
AB - Latinas may be unlikely to report violent crime, particularly when undocumented. This research examines the impact of fear of deportation and trust in the procedural fairness of the justice system on willingness to report violent crime victimization among a sample of Latinas (N = 1,049) in the United States. Fear of deportation was a significant predictor of Latinas’ perceptions of the procedural fairness of the criminal justice system. However, trust in the police is more important than fear of deportation in Latinas’ willingness to report violent crime victimization. Social workers can provide rights-based education and encourage relationship building between police and Latino communities.
KW - criminal justice
KW - domestic violence
KW - immigrants and refugees
KW - mezzo
KW - research categories
KW - social work practice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84938871223&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0886109915576520
DO - 10.1177/0886109915576520
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84938871223
SN - 0886-1099
VL - 30
SP - 328
EP - 340
JO - Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work
JF - Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work
IS - 3
ER -
