The Criminalization of Immigration : the Post 9/11 Moral Panic / Samantha Hauptman.

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Hauptman, Samantha [author.]

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TextSeries: New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Publisher: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2013Description: 1 online resource (xii, 169 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781593327187
1593327188
1593326165
9781593326166

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Criminalization of immigration.DDC classification:

325.73 23

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JV6483 .H375 2013eb

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Text in English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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