The Impact of Neighborhood Context on Intragroup and Intergroup Robbery: The San Antonio Experience

Jeffrey M. Cancino, Ramiro Martinez and Jacob I. Stowell
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Jeffrey M. Cancino: Department of Criminal Justice at Texas State University- San Marcos
Ramiro Martinez: Florida International University
Jacob I. Stowell: Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2009, vol. 623, issue 1, 12-24

Abstract: Guided by social disorganization theory, this article examines the influence of neighborhood characteristics on intragroup and intergroup robbery, net of spatial proximity in a predominantly native-born Latino/Mexican-origin city—San Antonio, Texas. From census tract and official police robbery data, the findings indicate that intragroup robbery is more common than intergroup robbery. Multivariate results show that variation in black intragroup robbery lies primarily in highly disadvantaged neighborhoods; whereas variation in Latino intergroup robbery is found in neighborhoods with more disadvantage, racial/ethnic heterogeneity, recent immigrants, and blacks. Residential instability persistently influences all robbery types. Disaggregating robberies by race and ethnicity reveals the importance of examining Latinos as offenders and victims. The case of San Antonio serves as a harbinger of conditions that may exist in the growing number of majority-Latino cities—and suggests the need to investigate crime experiences that move beyond studying racial dichotomies of violence.

Keywords: social disorganization; intragroup/intergroup; robbery; Latino/Hispanic/Mexican-origin (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716208331029

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