Between Public Service and Social Control
Policing Dilemmas in the Era of Immigration Enforcement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2245100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amada Armenta (0000-0001-9878-0954, California University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 111-126 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Problems (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7791 • E-ISSN: 1533-8533 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/socpro/spv024 |
| OpenAlex | W2252733292 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 55 |
| References cited | 70 |
While research provides numerous insights about the fear and insecurity that Latino immigrants experience at the hands of the police, much less is known about the experiences and practices of local police vis- a ` -vis Latino immigrant residents. This article contributes to research on street-level bureaucracies and immigrant incorporation by examining police practices in a new immigrant destination. Drawing on two years of fieldwork with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, it offers an extended ethnographic look at policing dilemmas in the era of immigration control. As the findings reveal, police bureaucracies respond to immigrant residents in contradictory ways. On one hand, the department has an official community policing program to increase trust and communication with Latino immigrant residents. On the other hand, street-level patrol officers undermine these efforts by citing and arresting Latino residents who lack state-issued ID. Thus, alongside ostensibly sincere efforts to incorporate immigrant residents, ultimately, police produce a form of social control and urban discipline through their discretionary decisions.
Business · Control (management) · Criminology · Enforcement · Immigration · Law enforcement · Management · Political science · Public relations · Public service · Service (business) · Social control · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Public Administration · Social Work
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Banal bordering
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How Driver’s Licenses Matter for Undocumented Immigrants
A phenomenological understanding of the intersectionality of ageism and racism among older adults
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Immigration Enforcement by Local Agencies
Migrantization of mobile EU citizens? Assessing the impact of political reception contexts on bureaucratic discrimination
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Federal–local partnerships on immigration law enforcement
Future citizens between interest and ability
Risky business
Liberal Policies, Punitive Effects
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The Gendered Effects of Multilayered Immigration Enforcement
Citizenship profiling and diminishing procedural justice
Beyond Profiling
Predictable patterns of unpredictability
La Polimigra”
Variations in Citizenship Profiling by Generational Status
Deportation in an era of devolved discretionary power
Making (in)formality work in a multi-scalar European border regime
Standardizing Refuge
U Visa Certification Patterns and Coverage
Deportation Discretion
Displaced at “home
Legal–Spatial Consciousness
Dreams Deterred
Crimmigration Practices and Narratives Resisting and Justifying Mass Deportation in the Central Valley of California
Missing in action
The Prison and the Border
Technological Innovation and Police Officers' Understanding and Use of Force
Beyond the Fear of Deportation
Special Issue Introduction
Toward a Cultural Sociology of Immigration Control
Of prostitutes and thieves
The relational dynamics of racialised policing
From broken windows to broken doors
Relationships between the Public and Crimmigration Entities in North Carolina
Racializing Crimmigration
New Destinations and the Changing Geography of Immigrant Incorporation
About time
Excluding Criminals or Mothers? How Vicarious Experiences Shape Legal Attitudes on Immigration Enforcement
Not Seeing Like a State
Contexts of Contestation
Moralizing regulation
Varieties of Police Behavior
Shedding Light on Police Culture
Street-Level Bureaucracy
Controlling immigration
The Citizen and the Alien
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
The Invention of the Passport
Cop in the Hood
Controlling Immigration
Cops, Teachers, Counselors
From Spy to Okay Guy
Seeing Like a State
Clandestine migration in Europe
Concepts and Theory in Community Policing
Latino immigrant men and the deportation crisis
Policing the Contemporary City
From Problems of Living to Problems of Law
Cities of Refuge
Immigration Policing Through the Backdoor
Protocol Analysis
Illegality at Work
Police leniency in traffic enforcement encounters
The impact of new immigration patterns on the provision of police services in midwestern communities
The co-implementation of Compstat and community policing
Biopolitical Citizenship in the Immigration Adjudication Process
When Do Papers Matter? An Institutional Analysis of Undocumented Life in the United States
Race and the Response of State Legislatures to Unauthorized Immigrants
Police Culture and Coercion
Police Subculture Reconsidered
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Police Practices in Immigrant-Destination Cities
State Immigration Policies
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A Multilayered Jurisdictional Patchwork
From Sheriff's Deputies to Immigration Officers
Seeing Immigrants
Deserving to a point
Interrogating "Urban Citizenship"vis-à-visUndocumented Migration
Institutionalizing precarious migratory status in Canada
Learning to Be Illegal
Immigrant Bureaucratic Incorporation
Semi-legal family life
Deciding WHO Gets in
Situational and Attitudinal Explanations of Police Behavior
Conceptualizing Semi-Legality in Migration Research
Police Arrests in a Time of Uncertainty
Survival, Economic Mobility and Community among Los Angeles Fruit Vendors
Documenting Undocumented Migrants
Latino immigrants perceptions of crime and police authorities in the United States
Beyond Informal Citizenship
Seeing Like a State
Race and Perceptions of Police Misconduct
Street Phenomenology
Talk Is Cheap
Racial Profiling and Immigration Law Enforcement
Migrant "Illegality" and Deportability in Everyday Life
What We Know About Unauthorized Migration
Automobility, Immobility, Altermobility
Legal Violence
Drawing Blood from Stones
Liminal Legality
Latino immigrants' perceptions of crime and police authorities in the United States
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
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