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First-generation immigrants feel socially excluded and have greater pro-violence attitudes than the native population in England and Wales

Laura Bui (Department of Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom)
David P Farrington (Department of Criminology, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research

ISSN: 1759-6599

Article publication date: 11 January 2016

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Abstract

Purpose

Studies examining immigrant generational status and violence have supported differences in the prevalence of violence between these groups. The purpose of this paper is to measure relevant risk factors for violence to focus on whether negative perceptions may contribute to understanding the between-generations differences in violence. Based on the literature, it is theorised that pro-violence attitudes would be related to and be higher in second-generation immigrants than first-generation immigrants, and that negative perceptions would mediate the relationship between pro-violence attitudes and violence.

Design/methodology/approach

Data to answer the study’s key questions were taken from the 2010-2011 UK citizenship survey, where only the main sample was analysed.

Findings

The findings reveal that first-generation immigrants have a higher prevalence of pro-violence attitudes than the native population.

Originality/value

This suggests that there is an intergenerational transmission in violent attitudes, and this is a risk factor for actual violence in second-generation immigrants.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the Department for Communities and Local Government and Ipsos MORI for the collection of this data. The original data collectors, depositors, or copyright holders, the funders of the data collections and the UK data archive bear no responsibility for the materials’ further analysis or interpretation.

Citation

Bui, L. and Farrington, D.P. (2016), "First-generation immigrants feel socially excluded and have greater pro-violence attitudes than the native population in England and Wales", Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 46-60. https://doi.org/10.1108/JACPR-08-2014-0134

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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