Intro; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; The Interplay of Race/Ethnicity, Immigration and Policing; A Focus on Three Immigrant Groups; The Organization of the Book; 2 Race/Ethnicity as the Defining Characteristic of Policing in the U.S.; Theoretical Reappraisal; Disparity or Bias in Police Control; Arrest; Use of Deadly Force; Traffic Stops; Racial/Ethnic Differences in Attitudes Toward the Police; Summary; References; 3 Policing the Country's Newcomers; Keeping Them at Bay: Taming Immigrant Enclaves

Policing Increasingly Diverse Immigrant Communities Before 9/11Surfacing Challenges in the Post-9/11 Era of Policing; Summary; References; 4 The Apparent Immigrants: Latinos' Attitudes Toward the Police; The Convenient but Disadvantaged Immigrants; Unequally Targeted by Law Enforcement; Latino Perceptions of the Police; Summary; References; 5 Model Minorities and Forever Foreigners: Chinese Americans' Attitudes Toward the Police; Immigration History, Contemporary Communities, and Racial Relations; Experience with Crime and Criminal Justice; Chinese Americans' Attitudes Toward the Police

Universal Variables 3: StructuralSocial Disorganization Theory; The Community Accountability Perspective; Universal Variables 4: Attitudinal; The Sense of Injustice Perspective; The Group Consciousness Theory; Immigrant-Specific Variables 1: Demographic; The Immigrant Paradox Thesis; The Theory of Assimilation; Immigrant-Specific Variables 2: Experiential; The Imported Socialization Theory; The Contrast Thesis; The Trust-Transference Hypothesis; Immigrant-Specific Variables 3: Structural; The Critical Citizen Thesis; Immigrant-Specific Variables 4: Attitudinal; The Cultural Thesis

Future Testing of the Conceptual ModelSummary; References; 8 Summary and Conclusion; What We Have Learned; Directions for Future Research; Policies and Programs to Consider; References; Index