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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 The Immigration & Naturalization Service: Introduction; The INS as a Control Agency; INS Enforcement: Investigators and Border Patrol Agents; Investigating and Processing Illegal Aliens; Administrative and Criminal Law Violations; The Rights of Alie Chapter 3 Notes Chapter 4 Immigration Laws: The Task of Social Control: A Review of Immigration Legislation and Policies; Recent Legislation and Policy; Enforcement as a Reaction to Crisis; Amnesty & SCIRP; The Immigration Act of 1990; Anti-Terrorism & Effective Death Penalt Chapter 5 Notes Chapter 6 The Illegal Alien Environment: Norms as Rules In Use: Introduction; Dealing with the Dangerous Classes; The Interpretive Framework and the Organizational Content; External Relations: Politics, Interest Groups, and the Media; Investigators' Perceived Chapter 7 Notes Chapter 8 Methodological Overview: Introduction; Selection of Topic for Research; Unit of Study; Sample Size; Specialized Interviewing; Corruption: A Methodological Issue; Focused Interviews; Informants; Interview Guide; Description of Sample Chapter 9 Notes Chapter 10 Investigator Perceptions of Agency Policies: Introduction: Investigator Casework and Tasks; Policies That Cause Problems for Investigators; Assigned Casework; Non-file Casework and Other Tasks; Agency Mission and Investigator Mission; Criminal Prose Chapter 11 Notes Chapter 12 The Investigator at Work: Unit Status; Investigative Work and the Element of Danger; Managers and Supervisors; Paper Work; Factors that Affect Morale; codes on Factors Affecting Morale; Language: Investigative Jargon and Policing Chapter 13 Notes Chapter 14 Internal and External Relations: The Commissioners: Service vs. Enforcement; Illegal Aliens: Drainers or Contributors; The US Attorney: Criminal vs. Administrative Cases; Liaison with Other Agencies; The Media Chapter 15 Notes Chapter 16 Interpretation: Problems of Status and Morale: Problems of Morale in a Dual-Structure Organization; Interorganizational and Intraorganizational Relations; Professionalization Chapter 17 Notes Chapter 18 The Illegal Alien: Characteristics of Interior Enforcement: The Illegal Alien Problem; The Illegal Alien in New York: A Sample; Criminal Aliens in the US; Repeat Offenders; ICE: The New INS & Homeland Security; Interview with SAC Martin Ficke, DHS-I Chapter 19 Notes
