Unauthorized migrants and the (II)logic of "crime control": A human rights perspective on US federal and local state immigration policies

Sociology Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-45

  Gunkel, Steven E ^a   González Wahl, Ana María ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84855321346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00435.x     Document Type: Review

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