Title: Law enforcement and the INS
First published: 1996
Description: "This study utilizes the perceptions of criminal investigators of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to describe the normative structure of an organization in its social context. The legacy INS attempted to provide both a service and control function. This dual mandate made it difficult for INS investigators to fulfill their mission of interior enforcement of the immigration laws. Other problems included organizational relations, as well as notions about professionalism, which affected recruitment, retention, training, and worker expectations. On March 1, 2003, the INS separated its dual mandate and moved to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with the intent of solving some of these problems. As a result, one might assume that the fundamental contradiction imposed by the dual-mandate structure would be resolved. The updated material in this edition discusses that prospect and includes statistical analyses of a sample of apprehended aliens, as well as the Survey of Inmates from the Bureau of Justice Statistics for information on foreign-born criminals. The data file on apprehended aliens is available for download for purchasers of the book. Current interior enforcement strategies are discussed in an interview with the Special Agent in Charge of the New York DHS office."--Jacket
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice, Case studies, Criminal justice, Administration of, Illegal aliens, Social aspects, Social aspects of Administration of criminal justice, Social control, United States, United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Law enforcement, Criminal law, Immigration enforcement, United states, emigration and immigration, Emigration and immigration law, Noncitizens, Illegal immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Aliens
Places: United States
LC classification: JV6483 .W45 1996