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Migrant death : border safety and situational crime prevention on the U.S.-Mexico divide /

Title
Migrant death : border safety and situational crime prevention on the U.S.-Mexico divide / Rob T. Guerette.
Author
Guerette, Rob T.
Publication
New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2007.

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Description
xiii, 181 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Criminal justice : recent scholarship
Uniform Title
Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subject
  • Border security > Mexican-American Border Region
  • Illegal aliens > Prevention. > Mexican-American Border Region
  • Illegal aliens > Protection > Mexican-American Border Region
  • Immigrants > Prevention. > Mexican-American Border Region
  • Immigrants > Protection > Mexican-American Border Region
  • U.S. Border Patrol
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The nature of illegal immigration in the United States -- Purpose, history and function of the United States Border Patrol -- The issue of migrant deaths -- Preventing migrant deaths : ethics, policy and the utility of situational crime prevention -- Impact of border safety initiative policy -- Understanding the circumstance and situational nature of migrant deaths -- Implications for policy, practice and future research.
ISBN
  • 9781593321505 (alk. paper)
  • 1593321503 (alk. paper)
LCCN
  • OCN124163545
  • 2007018686
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library