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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Hauptman, Samantha
Titre(s) : The Criminalization of Immigration [Texte électronique] : the Post 9/11 Moral Panic / Samantha Hauptman
Publication : El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2013
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (xii, 169 pages :)
Collection : The new Americans : recent immigration and American society
Note(s) : Text in English.
After the September 11th attacks the United States government sought a response to
terrorism. The ensuing ""war on terror"" brought sweeping new federal regulations
and changes in immigration policy. Consequent changes in society's reaction to immigration
and the degree to which immigrants have become criminalized are apparent. Hauptman
reveals the effects of a moral panic toward immigration after 9/11, explaining social
control initiatives like the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, as a direct result of the concern
over immigrants in the United States. Hauptman concludes that the response to the
attac.
Sujet(s) : Terrorisme -- Guerres
Police -- Émigration et immigration -- États-Unis
Étrangers (droit) -- États-Unis
Indice(s) Dewey :
325.73 (23e éd.) = Migration vers les États-Unis (science politique)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781593326166
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb443988983
Notice n° :
FRBNF44398898
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : September 11th and the war on terror -- Setting the stage : ideal conditions for panic
-- Media portrayals and criminal associations -- Increasing anxiety -- The labeling
of a folk devil -- Heightened concern and impetuous threats -- Immigration anxiety
: the federal response -- Terror of immigration and war on immigrants -- The immigration
impasse.