From Deportation to Prison : The Politics of Immigration Enforcement in Post-Civil Rights America /

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Criminal prosecutions for immigration offenses have more than doubled over the last two decades, as national debates about immigration and criminal justice reforms became headline topics. What lies behind this unprecedented increase? This book unpacks how the incarceration of over two million people...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Macias-Rojas, Patrisia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Kriminalisierung
Einwanderer
Social control.
Immigration enforcement.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Contrôle social > États-Unis.
Justice penale > Administration > États-Unis.
Émigration et immigration > Lois > Application > États-Unis.
Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale.
Social control > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Immigration enforcement > United States.
USA
United States.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine.
Mexican-American Border Region.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Criminal prosecutions for immigration offenses have more than doubled over the last two decades, as national debates about immigration and criminal justice reforms became headline topics. What lies behind this unprecedented increase? This book unpacks how the incarceration of over two million people in the United States gave impetus to a federal immigration initiative - The Criminal Alien Program (CAP) - designed to purge non-citizens from dangerously overcrowded jails and prisons.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9781479858422

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