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27 J. Contemp. Crim. Just. 4 (2011)

handle is hein.journals/jccj27 and id is 1 raw text is: Articles Journal of Contemporary Criminal justice 27(1) 4-17 @ 2011 SAGE Publications Reprints and permission: http://www. Acculturation, C rimne, and sagepub.com/journalsPerrnissions.nav DOl: 10.1 177/1043986210396206 Victimization Among http://ccj.sagepub.com Hispanics: The Cross- $SAGE Fertilization of the Sociologies of Immigration and Crime HollyVentura Miller' and Chris L. Gibson' Abstract Hispanics represent the fastest growing demographic in the United States and will constitute the majority of the population by 2050. Despite this considerable growth, criminology has largely ignored these groups and research in this area lags behind. This article is an attempt to address these oversights by offering recommendations for a theoretically driven research agenda related to Hispanic crime and victimization. Drawing from the sociologies of crime and immigration, we describe several ways in which to extend and integrate the knowledge base on these topics; more specifically, we offer suggestions for disentangling the link between acculturation, crime, and victimization among Hispanics and how the links between these may depend on the neighborhood context in which Hispanics reside. We conclude with a modest research agenda on conceptual, methodological, and statistical issues. Keywords Hispanics; acculturation; segmented assimilation; immigration Introduction Criminological research has largely neglected the study of Hispanic populations, despite their considerable growth over the past two decades. Hispanics accounted for 'University of Texas at San Antonio 2University of Florida, Gainesville Corresponding Author: Holly Ventura Miller, Department of Criminal justice, University ofTexas at San Antonio, 50 1,W Durango, San Antonio,TX 78207 Email: holly.miller@utsa.edu

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