Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Incorporation of Illegal Immigrants and ‘Internal Migration Control’
- 2 Loopholes in the Labour Market: Informal Employment
- 3 Crime as Alternative Option: Illicit Employment
- 4 Internal Surveillance in Practice: the Police
- 5 Close Encounters with the Welfare State: Limits of the Linking Act
- 6 Summary and Conclusions. Legal Limits to Incorporation, Social Limits to Internal Control
- Appendices
- Notes
- References
- Index of Names
3 - Interviews with Police Officers
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Incorporation of Illegal Immigrants and ‘Internal Migration Control’
- 2 Loopholes in the Labour Market: Informal Employment
- 3 Crime as Alternative Option: Illicit Employment
- 4 Internal Surveillance in Practice: the Police
- 5 Close Encounters with the Welfare State: Limits of the Linking Act
- 6 Summary and Conclusions. Legal Limits to Incorporation, Social Limits to Internal Control
- Appendices
- Notes
- References
- Index of Names
Summary
To gain insight into police practices, interviews were held with 41 police officers who worked for aliens departments and basic units in the four largest cities in 1996 and 1997. We aimed at interviewing police officers, detectives (AP) (who usually work for the aliens departments), immigration officers (AP) and members of staff. The emphasis was on people who come into contact with illegal immigrants directly. In some instances we were able to contact people directly when doing the quantitative research, in other instances, the management arranged appointments. Nobody refused to co-operate and most respondents were open about their working experiences. All interviews were held with the permission of the relevant Ministries and the heads of the departments. They took between 1 and 2 hours and were usually held in police stations and were recorded and typed out verbatim.
- Type
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- Information
- Looking for LoopholesProcesses of Incorporation of Illegal Immigrants in the Netherlands, pp. 188 - 189Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2003