National Security and Policy in America: Immigrants, Crime, and the Securitization of the Border

ISBN-13: 9781032082752 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 282 str.

Francis Boateng

Opis

This book investigates the strategic use of America’s historical crime-control, counterterrorism, national security and immigration policies as a mechanism in the modern-day Trump administration to restrict migration and refugee settlement with a view of promoting national security and preservation.

Spis treści

Part I: Securitization Through the Convergence of Systems (1798-Present); 1. The Evolution of American Immigration Policy (1798-1945); 2. Securitization in the Age of Expansion (1945-1991); 3. The Post-Cold War Era (1991-Present); Part II: Case Studies 4. The Travel Ban; 5. Terrorism, Immigration, and the Border Wall; 6. Immigration as a Consequence of Foreign Policy in the Labyrinth of ‘Wars’; Conclusion 7. Towards a Global Security; Index

O autorze

Wesley S. McCann is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Criminology at The College of New Jersey. He has published numerous articles dealing with criminal law and procedure and terrorism, and his current research focuses on issues concerning hate crime and terrorism legislation, the immigrant–crime relationship, and immigration law and policy.

Francis D. Boateng is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies at The University of Mississippi. He has published numerous articles dealing with policing and comparative issues, and his current research focuses on issues concerning immigration, terrorism, victimization, comparative criminology, crime, and church security.