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Daily Control: Immigrant Experiences with Social Control

Myers, William Osborne, V
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9824-4665
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent161866874718439

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2021, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Sociology and Criminology.
Immigration research often explores how immigrants come to integrate themselves into a new culture. This study expands on this line of work by using a social control lens to explain the assimilation and integration process. I interviewed 27 immigrants from India, Mexico, and Russia who live in the Denver-Metro area of Colorado. I found that immigrants experience three types of social control to learn about American society. The first is formal social control through police interactions which reinforces a racial hierarchy through investigatory stops. Second, Immigrants experience informal social control through reacting to conflicts driven by White Supremacist norms with everyday Americans. My sample reacted to conflicts either actively or passively. In doing so, my sample often unintentionally perpetuated White Supremacist norms in American society. Finally, immigrants experience informal social control through their personal networks. Coethnic families and friends express a desire for immigrants to retain their home culture. However, many immigrants seek out American communities to learn more about American culture through observation and interaction. Moreover, my sample desired to pass along their experiences to information to future immigrants. Interestingly, some of their experiences differed from American society and therefore their advice would make new immigrants deviant but more secure in their new home. Ultimately, these three forms of social control taught immigrants the norms of American society and these norms are an essential aspect of the integration process for immigrants.
Christopher Dum, PHD (Advisor)
Clare Stacey, PHD (Committee Member)
Starr Solomon, PHD (Committee Member)
Joann Xi, PHD (Committee Member)
Landon Hancock, PHD (Committee Member)
330 p.
Sociology
Immigration; Social Control; Assimilation; Policing; Microaggressions

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  • Myers, V, W. O. (2021). Daily Control: Immigrant Experiences with Social Control [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent161866874718439

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Myers, V, William. Daily Control: Immigrant Experiences with Social Control . 2021. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent161866874718439.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Myers, V, William. "Daily Control: Immigrant Experiences with Social Control ." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent161866874718439

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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