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The Canada–US Shiprider Programme, Jurisdiction and the Crime–Security Nexus

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This chapter examines the Canada–US Shiprider programme, a cross-border maritime enforcement programme that was created in 2005 to respond to criminality and security concerns along the shared maritime border by removing the international maritime boundary as an obstacle to law enforcement. Formalised in 2013, Shiprider vessels can now pursue and interdict vessels to respond to criminality and security concerns along the shared maritime border. This is particularly significant in light of Shiprider’s operations in unceded Coast Salish territories and in Akwesasne Mohawk Territory where bi-national border enforcement strategies transect the jurisdictional patchwork of indigenous border nations and where local communities continue to contest the divisions imposed by settler boundaries.

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Pratt, A.C. (2016). The Canada–US Shiprider Programme, Jurisdiction and the Crime–Security Nexus. In: Lippert, R., Walby, K., Warren, I., Palmer, D. (eds) National Security, Surveillance and Terror. Crime Prevention and Security Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43243-4_11

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