Civilised Communities: Reconsidering the 'Gloomy Tale' of Immigration and Social Order in a Changing Town (2014)
Journal Article
Griffiths, C. (2014). Civilised Communities: Reconsidering the 'Gloomy Tale' of Immigration and Social Order in a Changing Town. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azu064

Immigration and its effects on crime, social disorder and community tensions remains a pervasive feature of public, government and academic discourse. This discourse often considers immigration, and immigrants themselves, as a threat to the community... Read More about Civilised Communities: Reconsidering the 'Gloomy Tale' of Immigration and Social Order in a Changing Town.

Group Conflict and ‘Confined’ and ‘Collaborative’ Collective Efficacy: The Importance of a Normative Core between Immigrants and Natives in an English Town (2014)
Journal Article
Griffiths. (2014). Group Conflict and ‘Confined’ and ‘Collaborative’ Collective Efficacy: The Importance of a Normative Core between Immigrants and Natives in an English Town

It has long been contended by both the ‘old’ and ‘new’ Chicago School that immigration fractures effective community controls, resulting in increased crime, conflict and social disorder. Building on the Chicago School approach, this article provides... Read More about Group Conflict and ‘Confined’ and ‘Collaborative’ Collective Efficacy: The Importance of a Normative Core between Immigrants and Natives in an English Town.