Beschreibung:
This book examines the role of criminal law in the enforcement of immigration controls in the UK, critically analyses the process of formal criminalization of immigration status, and explores whether and how these offences are enforced in practice.
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.