Dangerous Strangers: Minority Newcomers and Criminal Violence in the Urban West, 1850–2000

209 Pages·2005·2.307 MB·English

by  Kevin J. Mullen (auth.)

DANGEROUS STRANGERS
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Dangerous Strangers
Minority Newcomers and
Criminal Violence in the
Urban West, 1850–2000
Kevin J.Mullen
ISBN 978-1-349-99970-5 ISBN 978-1-4039-8062-5 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4039-8062-5
DANGEROUSSTRANGERS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mullen,Kevin J.,1935–
Dangerous strangers :minority newcomers and criminal violence in
the urban west,1850–2000 / Kevin J.Mullen.
p.cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4039-6978-1
1.Homicide––California—San Francisco—History.
2.Minorities—California—San Francisco—Social conditions.
3.Immigrants—California—San Francisco—Social conditions.
4.Crime and race.I.Title.
HV6534.S3M85 2005
364.152(cid:2)09794(cid:2)61—dc22 2004061699
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For Kevin and Kathleen
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Contents
Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
1. Introduction 1
2. Australians 13
3. Latinos 29
4. Irish 45
5. Chinese 63
6. Italians 83
7. African Americans 103
8. Violent Rainbow 121
Afterword 135
Appendix 1: Methods 141
Appendix 2: Sources 145
Notes 147
Bibliography 185
Index 197
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Illustrations
Figures
1.1 San Francisco homicide rates
per 100,000 population (1850–2000) 4
4.1 San Francisco homicide rates per 100,000
(1850–1900) 47
5.1 Chinese and white homicide rates per 100,000
(1860–1930) 64
6.1 Homicide rates:national,Chicago,New York,and
San Francisco rates per 100,000 (1890–1930) 85
6.2 Italian and non-Italian white homicide rates
(1885–1940) 88
7.1 Homicide rates per 100,000 (victims)
black and white (1865–1940) 104
7.2 Criminal homicide rates:San Francisco,national,
and California rates per 100,000 (1960–2000) 111
7.3 Black,non-Latino white,overall
rates per 100,000 (1940–2000) 112
Tables
4.1 Percentages ofhomicides by weapon and
ethnicity in Irish,Latinos,and Chinese (1850–1900) 59
5.1 Populations for selected ethnic and racial groups
(1850–1930) 64
5.2 Comparison ofhomicide rates in Chinese and white males 66