Immigration, Social Integration and Crime

Luigi M. Solivetti is Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Statistics of the Sapienza University of Rome. He has carried out research work in the fields of Social Control and Social Change, extensively publishing at the international level.

• Introduction Section 1: The Debate on Immigration and Criminality: Past and Present 1.1 Immigration and Criminality: Some Basic Questions Section 2: The Research Project 2.1 Objectives and Methods of Research 2.2 Countries Covered by the Research 2.3 The Non-National Populations Covered by the Research: Some Preliminary Remarks Section 3: National and Non-National Population in Western Europe 3.1 Population of Western Europe and its Evolution in Time 3.2 Immigration and the Presence of Non-Nationals in Europe: What has Changed? 3.3 Immigrant Influxes and the Origin of Non-Nationals Section 4: Criminality in the Countries of Western Europe 4.1 Criminality and Social Control 4.2 Immigrants and Criminality in Western Europe: Easy Stereotypes, Difficult Realities 4.3 Further Remarks on Variations of Non-Nationals Populations and Variations of Criminality: What if the Explanation is not Immigration? Section 5: Non-Nationals in Prison, Non-Nationals Charged 5.1 Some Data 5.2 Non-Nationals Incarceration Index Section 6: Indicators of Socio-Economic Condition, Integration and Origin 6.1 Integration: A Complex Concept and Five Models 6.2 Socio-Economic and Cultural Differences between the Host Countries 6.3 Differences in the Integration of Non-Nationals in the Various Countries 6.4 Differences in the Origin of Non-Nationals Present in the Various Countries 6.5 Association Between the Incarceration Index and the Socio-Economic Parameters in the Various European Countries

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