DELINQUENCY OF FOREIGN WORKERS AND ITS EXPLANATION AS A CULTURAL CONFLICT (FROM FOREIGN WORKERS IN SOCIETY AND LAW)

• NCJ Number: 20331
• Author(s): G KAISER
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 38 pages
• Corporate Author: Wilhelmstr 9
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

THE ASSUMPTION THAT FOREIGN WORKERS HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR THAN THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION OF WEST GERMANY AS SUGGESTED BY PUBLIC OPINION IS QUESTIONED BY THE AUTHOR.

Abstract

FURTHERMORE, THE CORRELATION BETWEEN CRIME AND CULTURAL CONFLICT IS INVESTIGATED AFTER PRESENTING AN HISTORICAL SURVEY ON LEGISLATION AND ATTITUDES REGARDING FOREIGNERS. THE AUTHOR ANALYSES STATISTICS, AND REFERS TO RELEVANT RESEARCH IN FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. CONCLUSIONS ARE THAT THE CULTURAL CONFLICT IS TOO VAGUE A CONCEPT TO EXPLAIN FOREIGN WORKER' DELINQUENCY. CONSENQUENTLY, NO PROOF CAN BE FOUND FOR THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE CRIME RATE INCREASES ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN CULTURAL-CONFLICT. THE CRIME RATE OF FOREIGN WORKERS IS COUNTER TO EXPECTATION, LOW. ONLY WITH REGARD TO SOME OFFENSES DOES THE FOREIGN WORKERS' CRIME RATE EXCEED THAT OF THE AVERAGE OF THE MAJORITY GROUP. --IN GERMAN