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Results for immigrants (south carolina)
1 results foundAuthor: Nix, Justin Title: Immigration and Law Enforcement: Results from a State Census of Police Executives Summary: This report represents the 2012 South Carolina Law Enforcement Census. The census is an annual survey conducted by the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina. The survey alternates on a year-to-year basis between a general census of South Carolina law enforcement agency characteristics and surveys on special issues confronting agencies in the state. Previous special-issue surveys have explored various topics including patterns of gang activity in South Carolina, standards of law enforcement training, and local law enforcement use of the South Carolina Intelligence and Information Center (SCIIC). This year's survey focuses on state and local law enforcement perspectives on immigration enforcement issues that underlie South Carolina Senate Bill 20, which contains provisions related to enforcement of immigration laws by state and local law enforcement. A handful of states have passed legislation "or are giving consideration to legislation" that authorizes local law enforcement to play a more active role in immigration enforcement efforts. Although such legislation will likely increase the workload of local law enforcement agencies, little empirical consideration has been given to how local law enforcement leaders view such legislation and its impact on their agencies. While the issue of illegal or unauthorized immigrants in the United States could involve individuals from diverse countries of origin, the present study focuses on Hispanic/Latino immigrants. This focus is in response to the concerns expressed in other states and from comments of local law enforcement executives who played an advisory role in the development of this study. These executives suggested that in South Carolina the current issue of state and local law enforcement involvement in immigration enforcement largely centers on Hispanic/Latino immigrants. Details: University of South Carolina, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2012. 87p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed march 12, 2015 at: http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/crju/pdfs/sc_census_2012.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/crju/pdfs/sc_census_2012.pdf Shelf Number: 134914 Keywords: Immigrants (South Carolina)ImmigrationImmigration Enforcement |