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Migrant death : border safety and situational crime prevention on the U.S.-Mexico divide / Rob T. Guerette.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guerette, Rob T.
- Series:
- Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
- Criminal justice : recent scholarship
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Border security--Mexican-American Border Region.
- Border security.
- Noncitizens--Protection--Mexican-American Border Region.
- Noncitizens.
- Immigrants--Protection--Mexican-American Border Region.
- Immigrants.
- Noncitizens--Crimes against--Mexican-American Border Region--Prevention.
- Immigrants--Crimes against--Mexican-American Border Region--Prevention.
- Illegal immigration.
- U.S. Border Patrol.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "After an overview of the nature of illegal immigration and border patrol in the United States, this book focuses on reducing migrant casualty within the current policy and enforcement environment and through the application of a problem-oriented, evidence-based prevention strategy"-- NCJRS website.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-59332-312-3
- OCLC:
- 608569686
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