Migrant death
Subtitle: border safety and situational crime prevention on the U.S.-Mexico divide
By: Rob T. Guerette.
Series: Criminal justice : recent scholarship
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781593321505
Subjects: United States. -- Immigration Border Patrol; Border security -- Mexican-American Border Region; Illegal aliens -- Protection -- Mexican-American Border Region; Immigrants -- Protection -- Mexican-American Border Region; Illegal aliens -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Prevention; Immigrants -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Prevention
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The nature of illegal immigration in the United States; title: Purpose, history, and function of the United States Border Patrol; title: The issue of migrant deaths; title: Preventing migrant deaths : ethics, policy, and the utility of situational crime prevention; title: Impact of border safety initiative policy; title: Understanding the circumstance and situational nature of migrant deaths; title: Implications for policy, practice, and future research.