Ana Aliverti

Crimes of Mobility

Criminal Law and the Regulation of Immigration

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Produktbeschreibung

Winner of the 2014 British Society of Criminology Book Prize This book examines the role of criminal law in the enforcement of immigration controls over the last two decades in Britain. The criminalization of immigration status has historically served functions of exclusion and control against those who defy the state's powers over its territory and population. In the last two decades, the powers to exclude and punish have been enhanced by the expansion of the catalogue of immigration offences and their more systematic enforcement. This book is the first in-depth analysis on criminal offences in Britain, and presents original empirical material about the use of criminal powers against suspected immigration wrongdoers. Based on interviews with practitioners and staff at the UK Border Agency and data from court cases involving immigration defendants, it examines prosecution decision making and the proceedings before the criminal justice system. Crimes of Mobility critically analyses the criminalization of immigration status and, more generally, the functions of the criminal law in immigration enforcement, from a legal and normative perspective. It will be of interest to academics and research students working on criminology, criminal law, criminal justice, socio-legal studies, migration and refugee studies, and human rights, as well as criminal law and immigration practitioners.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9780415839228
• ISBN-10: 041583922X
• Artikelnr.: 44316647

Autorenporträt

Ana Aliverti is Assistant Professor at the School of Law, University of Warwick.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Immigration, Crime and the Criminalization of Mobility: A
Review of the Literature 2. Tracing the History of Immigration Controls in
Britain (from the late 1800s to the mid-1990s) 3. The Labour Years:
Contemporary Contours of Immigration 4. The use of Criminal Powers against
Immigration Offenders: The Decision to Prosecute 5. Practices of
Punishment: Immigration Offenders Before the Criminal Courts 6. Explaining
the Role of Criminal Law in the Control of Immigration, Conclusion,
Appendix: Brief Accounts of the Research Process.