Table of Contents:
Introduction;
Section 1: The Debate on Immigration and Criminality: Past and Present;
1.1 Immigration and Criminality: Some Basic Questions;
Section 2: The Research Project;
2.1 Objectives and Methods of Research;
2.2 Countries Covered by the Research;
2.3 The Non-National Populations Covered by the Research: Some Preliminary Remarks;
Section 3: National and Non-National Population in Western Europe;
3.1 Population of Western Europe and its Evolution in Time;
3.2 Immigration and the Presence of Non-Nationals in Europe: What has Changed?
3.3 Immigrant Influxes and the Origin of Non-Nationals;
Section 4: Criminality in the Countries of Western Europe;
4.1 Criminality and Social Control;
4.2 Immigrants and Criminality in Western Europe: Easy Stereotypes, Difficult Realities;
4.3 Further Remarks on Variations of Non-Nationals Populations and Variations of Criminality: What if the Explanation is not Immigration?
Section 5: Non-Nationals in Prison, Non-Nationals Charged;
5.1 Some Data;
5.2 Non-Nationals Incarceration Index;
Section 6: Indicators of Socio-Economic Condition, Integration and Origin;
6.1 Integration: A Complex Concept and Five Models;
6.2 Socio-Economic and Cultural Differences between the Host Countries;
6.3 Differences in the Integration of Non-Nationals in the Various Countries;
6.4 Differences in the Origin of Non-Nationals Present in the Various Countries;
6.5 Association between the Incarceration Index and the Socio-Economic Parameters in the Various European Countries;
Author(s);
Biography: