ABSTRACT

Little is known about the neighborhood context of offending for Asian American youth. The current study differentiates between coethnic neighborhood types and considers if residence in ethnoburbs–a more recently conceptualized coethnic neighborhood–is associated with more serious arrests (for substance, property, weapon, or violent offenses). Asian youth in ethnic enclaves had lower odds of a violence arrest relative to youth in non-coethnic neighborhoods. Youth in ethnoburbs had higher odds of a weapons arrest, but this association is attenuated after adjusting for individual-level covariates. Implications for future research include exploring mechanisms for place-based targeted intervention strategies.

摘要

关于亚裔美国青年犯罪的邻里背景知之甚少。目前的研究区分了同族社区类型，并考虑居住在民族郊区——一个最近概念化的同族社区——是否与更严重的逮捕（针对物质、财产、武器或暴力犯罪）有关。与非同族社区的青年相比，少数民族聚居区的亚裔青年因暴力被捕的几率较低。居住在民族郊区的年轻人因武器被捕的几率更高，但在针对个人层面的协变量进行调整后，这种关联减弱了。对未来研究的影响包括探索基于地点的针对性干预策略的机制。