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An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Sino-US Law Enforcement Cooperation to Combat Human Smuggling

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dc.contributor.advisor Garver, John
dc.contributor.author Autry, Phillip G. en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember Long, William
dc.contributor.committeeMember Wang, Fei-Ling
dc.contributor.department International Affairs en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2007-08-16T17:55:51Z
dc.date.available 2007-08-16T17:55:51Z
dc.date.issued 2007-07-10 en_US
dc.description.abstract This paper analyzes the effectiveness of Sino-U.S. governmental law enforcement cooperation to combat human smuggling. A history of bilateral law enforcement cooperation against human smuggling is presented, with emphasis given to the period since 1993. U.S. immigration statistics, along with statistics from the U.S. Coast Guard, are presented as a measure of the success of law enforcement efforts. In the analysis that follows, identification is made of factors that seem to have hindered and obstructed, or promoted and advanced Sino-U.S. law enforcement cooperation. This study finds that sudden shifts in the macroclimate of Sino-U.S. relations may positively or adversely affect cooperation on law enforcement matters, including human smuggling. In the current case, bilateral cooperation against human smuggling has been advanced by spillover effects of convergent Sino-U.S. counterterrorism interests that occurred in the wake of September 11. Next, it is found that the creation of formal bilateral institutions for law enforcement cooperation since 1997 has facilitated improved effectiveness in Sino-U.S. work against human smuggling.. Finally, this study finds that the effectiveness of bilateral law enforcement cooperation against human smuggling has been substantially undermined by the inability of the two sides to maintain an effective repatriation-based deterrent against human smuggling. en_US
dc.description.degree M.S. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16263
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.subject Repatriation en_US
dc.subject Transnational crime en_US
dc.subject Illegal immigration en_US
dc.subject Alien smuggling en_US
dc.subject Sino-U.S. Joint Liaison Group en_US
dc.title An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Sino-US Law Enforcement Cooperation to Combat Human Smuggling en_US
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dc.type.genre Thesis
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.corporatename Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
local.contributor.corporatename Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
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