Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations : Families, Social Networks, and Cultural Imperatives

by Zhang, Sheldon

• ISBN13: 9780804757416
• ISBN10: 0804757410
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-07
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr

Summary

The author's concept of the "dyadic cartwheel network" integrates major theoretical constructs to explain how and why freelance operators have come to dominate the human smuggling enterprise instead of traditional crime syndicate.

Author Biography

Sheldon X. Zhang is Professor and Chair of Sociology at San Diego State University. He is currently the principal investigator for two research grants funded by the California Department of Corrections and co-principal investigator on a large grant funded by the National Institute of Justice, the research arm of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Snakeheads and Human Smuggling Operations
Coming to America: Illegal Chinese Migration to the United States	p. 3
Becoming a Snakehead	p. 23
Recruitment, Preparation, and Departure	p. 42
Smuggling Activities in Transit	p. 64
Arrival and Payment Collection in America	p. 81
Making Money from Human Smuggling	p. 93
The Human Smuggling Organization
Organizational and Operational Characteristics	p. 105
The Dyadic Cartwheel Network	p. 132
Human Smuggling and Traditional Chinese Organized Crime	p. 155
Women and Chinese Human Smuggling	p. 182
The Future of Chinese Human Smuggling	p. 208
Epilogue	p. 235
Research Sites	p. 239
Research Method	p. 240
Notes	p. 249
Glossary	p. 255
References	p. 259
Index	p. 273
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