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Crimes of mobility : criminal law and the regulation of immigration /

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 i...

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Main Authors: Aliverti, Ana J
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: Abingdon, Oxon :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Routledge studies in criminal justice, borders and citizenship ; 2
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of > Great Britain
Emigration and immigration law > Great Britain
Criminal law > Great Britain
Criminal justice, Administration of
Criminal law
Emigration and immigration law
Einwanderung
Verbrechen
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Summary: 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 an
Carrier Form: xxvi, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-208) and index.
ISBN: 9780415820905 (hardback) :
0415820901 (hardback)
9780415839228 (paperback)
041583922X (paperback)
Index Number: KD7876
CLC: D956.14
Call Number: D956.14/A414
Contents: 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.

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