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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"USA Patriot Act"”.
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A Somewhat Different Voice: the Usa Patriot Act
… is threatened, often there are calls for action to address those threats. Such was the case following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. One result of the attacks was the enactment of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. The PATRIOT Act has been a lightning rod of …
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Following in the Footsteps of Prior Law: the Expanding Application of the USA Patriot Act
<p>Laws are often enacted in response to a moral panic. Examples of this are found in the Mann Act of 1910, passed to deal with forced prostitution, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act of 1970, which addressed the threat of organized crime. In 2001, the USA PATRIOT Act …
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Moral Panics and the Criminalization of Immigration: America'S Response to Post-9/11 Federal Regulations and the USA PATRIOT Act
… However, the resulting changes in society's reaction to immigration and the degree to which immigrants and non-citizens have become criminalized have also become palpable. Theoretically founded on relevant aspects of social control and deviance theories, this research will explore the …
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National Security Crises and the Expanding American Presidency
… did not object. For example, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act and President Bush signed it into law on October 26, 2001, allowing law enforcement agencies to obtain records and conduct surveillance on anyone suspected of terrorism-related acts. The Bush administration was not the first to …