Introduction

Abstract

We begin this book with the important acknowledgement that most international students do not become victims of crime. Fewer still are perpetrators. Nonetheless, international students and crime is an issue of major international concern, impacting on the lucrative international student market, international relations, host countries’ reputations as tolerant and safe, and perhaps most significantly, the safety and security of international students as well as the broader population. While crimes committed against and by international students have attracted a great deal of media attention, public commentary and debate in both sending and host countries, there has been little research that systematically describes, analyses and reflects on the phenomena. We present new information about the victims and the perpetrators, and their contexts in Australia, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK).