1. "Migrant crime link 'a lethal cocktail'" -- 2. Middle Eastern appearances: 'Ethnic gangs' and media panic -- 3. Crime and ethnicity in Australia: myths and realities -- 4. The context of 'ethnic crime' in Sydney: socioeconomic, cultural and spatial -- 5. 'Someone to fear': Lebanese youth, gangs, masculinity and racism -- 6. Cops, kids and minority culture -- 7. The politics of community -- 8. Learning from Lakemba
Summary
Exposes the fragility of Australian multiculturalism and the racism lurking behind media and political responses to crime. Drawing on new fieldwork, the book critically reviews the evidence about ethnic criminality in Australia, records and reviews the media's stereotypical response, and probes the issue of Lebanese gangs
Analysis
Crime
Crime rate
Ethnic relations
Ethnic youth
Federal issue
Juvenile delinquency
Police
State issue
Sydney
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-268) and index