Research Catalog

Title

Law enforcement and the INS : a participant observation study of control agents / George Weissinger.

Author

Weissinger, George, 1948-

Publication

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, ©1996.

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Description

134 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service > Case studies
• United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service
• Washington (D.C.) > Immigration and Naturalization Service
• Criminal justice, Administration of > Social aspects > United States > Case studies
• Noncitizens > United States > Case studies
• Immigration enforcement > United States > Case studies
• Social control > United States > Case studies
• Illegal immigration > United States > Case studies
• Noncitizens
• Undocumented Immigrants
• Immigrants clandestins > États-Unis > Études de cas
• Émigration et immigration > Application > États-Unis > Études de cas
• Contrôle social > États-Unis > Études de cas
• Immigration clandestine > États-Unis > Études de cas
• Immigrants clandestins
• Illegal aliens
• Criminal justice, Administration of > Social aspects
• Immigration enforcement
• Social control
• Illegale Einwanderung
• Noncitizens
• United States

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• Études de cas.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Immigration & Naturalization Service -- Dimensions of the INS Social Control Task -- Theoretical Framework and Review of Literature -- Methodological Overview -- Investigators' Perceptions of Task, Mission, and Professionalism -- Investigator At Work -- Internal and External Relations -- Interpretation: Problems of Status and Morale.

ISBN

• 0761802878
• 9780761802877

LCCN

96010235

OCLC

34243383

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library