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Sandra Bucerius

Sandra Bucerius

Recent Papers

  • Bucerius, S. "What else should I do" - Immigration, Social Exclusion, and Drug Dealing. Book manuscript. Under contract with Oxford University Press.
  • Bucerius, S. and Tonry, M. The [Oxford] Handbook of Race, Ethnicity, Immigration, and Crime. Under contract with Oxford University Press.
  • Bucerius, S. 2011. "Immigration and Crime," in M. Tonry (ed.) Oxford Handbook of Criminology. New York: Oxford University Press. Forthcoming.
  • Bucerius, S. 2010. "Da musst Du schon ganz unten sein: Dealer über das Frankfurter Bahnhofsviertel," in T. Benkel (Ed.), Devianz im öffentlichen Raum. Das Frankfurter Bahnhofsviertel - Soziologie eines Stadtteils. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften: 157-181.
  • Bucerius, S. 2009. "Fostering Academic Opportunities to Counteract Social Exclusion," in N.A. Frost, J.D. Freilich and T.R. Clear (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice Policy. Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth: 235-245.
  • Bucerius, S. 2008. "Drogendealer im Spannungsfeld Zwischen islamischen Werten, Alltag in Deutschland und Kriminalität" (Drug dealers in between Islamic values, everyday life and crime"). Zeitschrift für Soziologie (Journal of Sociology) 03/08: 246-265.
  • Bucerius, S. 2008. "Vor was soll ich denn Angst haben? - Der illegale Drogenhandel einer Gruppe von Migrantenjugendlichen in Frankfurt am Main - eine ethnograpische Untersuchung," in B. Werse (Ed.): Drogenmärkte - Strukturen und Szenen des Kleinhandels. Frankfurt/New York: Campus: 211-252.
  • Bucerius, S. 2007. "What else should I do - Cultural Influences on the Drug Trade of Young Migrants in Germany." Journal of Drug Issues Vol.37, No.3: 673-698.
  • Bucerius, S. 2007. "Skinheads and Immigrant Gangs in Germany." In Brotherton, D. C./Kontos, Louis (Ed.) Encylopedia on Gangs. Connecticut: Greenwood Press: 113-117.

Research

For a total of five years Professor Bucerius has conducted ethnographic and qualitative research with a gang of 55 young male 2nd generation Muslim migrants who specialized in drug trafficking in Frankfurt/Germany. Drawing on an extensive amount of field notes and over one hundred in-depth interviews, she analyzes the relationship between the status of migration and informal economies. Furthermore, the group members' distinct notion of purity and impurity, which heavily influences their behavior within the market as well as in their daily lives is of particular interest to her. As a third focus, she examines how a strong local identification with the district can serve as a coping strategy for 2nd generation migrants who are determined to spend their lives in Germany while faced with a socially, politically, and economically excluding and xenophobic society.

Professor Bucerius is currently revising her award-winning dissertation into a book manuscript, which is under contract with Oxford University Press.

She is also engaged in three new projects. 1) Along with Professor Sara Thompson from Ryerson University, she investigates characteristics of 1st, 1.5, and 2nd generation immigrants in Regent Park/Toronto that expose them to or, conversely, buffer them from, involvement in gang-related activity, a topic of much recent public and political concern. Findings will presumably be relevant for social policy makers and those working on immigrant incorporation strategies.

2) Professor Bucerius is working on a project on the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation with PhD student Luca Berardi – a Latino youth group that has recently gained much attention due to several deportations of alleged members.

3) In collaboration with Professor Michael Tonry from the University of Minnesota, Professor Bucerius is also working on the The [Oxford] Handbook of Race, Ethnicity, Immigration, and Crime. The handbook is intended to serve as the primary scholarly source for knowledge about relations among race, ethnicity, immigration, and crime in the United States and across the Western world. It will provide up-to date, in-depth critical reviews of the main research, key issues, and controversial debates, including reviews on various racial/ethnic/immigrant groups in different national contexts, offer relevant policy recommendations, and suggest new areas for future research.