Police, Politics and the Immigration-Crime Nexus: Speeches, Statistics and Testi

Description: Police, Politics and the Immigration-Crime Nexus by Federico Luis Abiuso It draws on semi-structured interviews with migrants to offer insights into interactions between police and migrants, narratives of police violence, police attitudes towards migrants, the nexus between police and politics and the perception of the vulnerability of the migratory community of belonging to police action. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book examines the relationship between immigration, crime, police and politics in the city of Buenos Aires during the Cambiemos ("Lets Change") administration, which took place in Argentina between 2015 and 2019. It draws on semi-structured interviews with migrants to offer insights into interactions between police and migrants, narratives of police violence, police attitudes towards migrants, the nexus between police and politics and the perception of the vulnerability of the migratory community of belonging to police action. Using a mixed methods approach, it also draws on secondary quantitative data regarding police practices of detention of migrants and examines political discourses around the immigration-crime association. In essence, it discusses the changes in attitude of the police towards different ethnic-national groups during the administration Cambiemos. In this sense, it presents empirical research and methodological insights fromthe Global South. Author Biography Federico Luis Abiuso is Postdoctoral Fellow at Instituto de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales del Litoral, in Social Sciences (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Professor of Social Research Methodology at the University of Buenos Aires and University of Belgrano, Argentina. Table of Contents 1 Researching the links between police, politics, immigration and crime.- 2 Police, politics, immigration and crime: A state of the art.- 3 The crime that travels.- 4 The language of the numbers.- 5 Mean streets.- 6 Violence.- 7 Change of attitudes.- 8 The role of politics.- 9 Vulnerability. Details ISBN3031463781 Author Federico Luis Abiuso Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Edition 1st ISBN-13 9783031463785 Format Hardcover Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Speeches, Statistics and Testimonies of the Buenos Aires Context Country of Publication Switzerland Alternative 9783031463815 Audience Professional & Vocational Edition Description 1st ed. 2023 Pages 219 Illustrations 1 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 219 p. 1 illus. Year 2023 Publication Date 2023-12-05 DEWEY 364.98212 ISBN-10 3031463781 UK Release Date 2023-12-05 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159524872;

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