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

Published New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 181 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts Series Criminal justice : recent scholarship Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-178) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject U.S. Border Patrol. Border security -- Mexican-American Border Region. Illegal aliens -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Prevention. Illegal aliens -- Protection -- Mexican-American Border Region. Immigrants -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Prevention. Immigrants -- Protection -- Mexican-American Border Region. Form Electronic book LC no. 2007018686 ISBN 1593323123 (electronic bk.) 9781593323127 (electronic bk.)

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