Date of Award
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Criminology & Criminal Justice
First Advisor
Decker, Lisa Kay
Abstract
The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina sparked the largest influx of Hispanic laborers in the metropolitan New Orleans area ever recorded in Louisiana's history. Inhabiting impoverished neighborhoods with minimal resources, unable to speak the language and illegal in status, may prime this migrant class as vulnerable targets of robbery. Hence, robberies against Hispanics have increased in Jefferson Parish, which is the basis for the present study. The intention of this research is to ascertain whether such robbery victims sustain greater secondary violence during the commission of the crime than that of Non-Hispanics and also if geographic confinement is contributory factor to Hispanics being robbed.
Recommended Citation
Thornton, Dennis, "Walking ATM'S: a Criminological Examination of Hispanic Robbery Victimization Pre and Post Hurricane Katrina in Metropolitan New Orleans" (2010). All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2235.
https://scholars.indianastate.edu/etds/2235