Crimmigration in Australia : Law, Politics, and Society

This multidisciplinary book introduces readers to original perspectives on crimmigration that foster holistic, contextual, and critical appreciation of the concept in Australia and its individual consequences and broader effects. This collection draws together contributions from nationally and internationally respected legal scholars and social scientists united by common and overlapping interests, who identify, critique, and reimagine crimmigration law and practice in Australia, and thereby advance understanding of this important field of inquiry. Specifically, crimmigration is addressed and analysed from a variety of standpoints, including: criminal law/justice; administrative law/justice; immigration law; international law; sociology of law; legal history feminist theory, settler colonialism, and political sociology. The book aims to:* explore the historical antecedents of contemporary crimmigration and continuities with the past in Australia * reveal the forces driving crimmigration and explain its relationship to border securitisation in Australia * identify and examine the different facets of crimmigration, comprising: the substantive overlaps between criminal and immigration law; crimmigration processes; investigative techniques, surveillance strategies, and law enforcement agents, institutions and practices * uncover the impacts of crimmigration law and practice upon the human rights and interests of non-citizens and their families. * analyse crimmigration from assorted critical standpoints; including settler colonialism, race and feminist perspectives By focusing upon these issues, the book provides an interconnected collection of chapters with a cohesive narrative, notwithstanding that contributors approach the themes and specific issues from different theoretical and critical standpoints, and employ a range of research methods. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction (Peter Billings)....Pages 3-18 Australia’s Long History of Immigration, Policing and the Criminal Law (Mark Finnane, Andy Kaladelfos)....Pages 19-37 ‘Race’, Crimmigration and the Deportation of Aboriginal Non-citizens (Louise Boon-Kuo)....Pages 39-62 Sexing the Leviathan: When Feminisms and Crimmigration Meet (Kate Ogg)....Pages 63-87 Crimmigration and the Australian Legal Lexicon: Reflecting on Border Control, Theory and the Lived Experience (Alison Gerard)....Pages 89-115 Front Matter ....Pages 117-117 Characters of Concern, or Concerning Character Tests? Regulating Risk through Visa Cancellation, Containment and Removal from Australia (Peter Billings, Khanh Hoang)....Pages 119-148 Crimmigration and Refugees: Bridging Visas, Criminal Cancellations and ‘Living in the Community’ as Punishment and Deterrence (Anthea Vogl)....Pages 149-171 Crimmigration-Counterterrorism in the War on Foreign Terrorist Fighters (Rebecca Ananian-Welsh)....Pages 173-195 Strip Searching: Seeking the Truth ‘in’ and ‘on’ the Regular Migrant’s Body (Marinella Marmo)....Pages 197-220 Front Matter ....Pages 221-221 Marriage, Migration and Gender: A Site for Crimmigration? An Australian Case Study (Susan Kneebone)....Pages 223-251 Smugglers and Samaritans: Criminalising the Smuggling of Migrants in International and Australian Law (Andreas Schloenhardt)....Pages 253-273 Children’s Rights and Crimmigration Controls: Examining Australia’s Treatment of Unaccompanied Minors (Joseph Lelliott)....Pages 275-301 Front Matter ....Pages 303-303 Punitive Bureaucracy: Restricting Visits to Australia’s Immigration Detention Centres (Amy Nethery)....Pages 305-325 Turn the Detention Centre Inside Out: Challenging State Secrecy in Australia’s Offshore Processing of Asylum Seekers (Greg Martin)....Pages 327-352 Crimmigration and Human Rights in Contexts of Confinement (Patrick van Berlo)....Pages 353-379 Crimmigration in Border Security? Sorting Crossing through Biometric Identification at Australia’s International Airports (Peter Chambers, Monique Mann)....Pages 381-404 "This multidisciplinary book introduces readers to original perspectives on crimmigration that foster holistic, contextual, and critical appreciation of the concept in Australia and its individual consequences and broader effects...Specifically, crimmigration is addressed and analysed from a variety of standpoints, including: criminal law/justice; administrative law/justice; immigration law; international law; sociology of law; legal history feminist theory, settler colonialism, and political sociology. The book aims to: explore the historical antecedents of contemporary crimmigration and continuities with the past in Australia; reveal the forces driving crimmigration and explain its relationship to border securitisation in Australia; identify and examine the different facets of crimmigration, comprising: the substantive overlaps between criminal and immigration law, crimmigration processes, investigative techniques, surveillance strategies, and law enforcement agents, institutions and practices; and uncover the impacts of crimmigration law and practice upon the human rights and interests of non-citizens and their families. analyse crimmigration from assorted critical standpoints; including settler colonialism, race and feminist perspectives."-- Back cover