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Dr. Sung’s article now available
» Read Dr. Sung's article CoFiA member Dr. Hung-en Sung, of the Department of Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, with S. Delgado, D. Peña, and A. Paladino conducted research on relations between police and the undocumented Hispanic population in Palisades Park between May, 2010 and October 2011. The research findings are now available in the British Journal of Criminology at the site listed above. Dr. Sung’s work provides both a technical and a very personal examination of the lives of the population that CoFiA has been working with for many years. He describes the findings as follows: We examined the political economy of Palisades Park, New Jersey, and interviewed 160 UMWs (undocumented migrant workers) from the same town. Findings indicate that UMWs suffered from a high level of crime ... Read more