Record Nr.

UNINA9910463332803321

Autore

Weber Leanne

Titolo

Policing non-citizens / / Leanne Weber

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-09171-4

0-203-07050-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in criminal justice, borders and citizenship ; ; 1

Disciplina

363.2/3

Soggetti

Immigration enforcement

Undocumented immigrants

Emigration and immigration - Government policy

Police

Border patrols

Internal security

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Series editors' preface; About this book; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms; 1. Policing internal borders; Policing the boundaries of belonging; Globalisation, sovereignty and security; Citizenship, order and belonging; Policing 'crimmigrants'; Policing, recognition and identity; Modes and mentalities of migration policing; Policing through risk and surveillance; Networked policing; 'Responsibilisation' and the decentring of the state; 2. Researching migration policing networks

The migration policing studyA nodal cartography of migration policing networks; Mapping migration policing using case studies; Legal and policy framework; Who is 'unlawful'?; Migration Act enforcement powers; NSW state police powers; 3. Immigration officers as migration police; DIAC as a specialist policing agency; A 'well-oiled' deportation machine; Overview of post-Palmer reforms; Reliance on new technologies; From enforcement to risk management; Immigration compliance in action; Overview of Sydney Compliance Office;

Constructing 'voluntary' reporting; Data mining and referrals

Detection in the field4. Police as immigration officers; DIAC's 'eyes and ears on the ground'; Policing migration on the streets; Street policing in NSW; How and where do police check immigration status?; Who is checked and why?; Other migration policing functions; Immigration information as an investigative tool; 'Crime, crime, crime' - police-generated joint operations; DIAC requests for police assistance; Migration policing and the police role; Importance of immigration enforcement for theNSW Police Force; The financial and human costs of policing migration

5. Negotiating the criminal-administrative nexusGetting rid of problem people; Prosecutorial versus removal momentum; Making people illegal; 'A very effective policing strategy'; 6. Creating a ubiquitous border; Active and passive borders; Identifying 'crimmigrants'; Australian Federal Police; Courts and prisons; Railcorp transit officers; Structurally embedding the border; Australian Taxation Office; Roads and Traffic Authority; Local councils; Centrelink; Health services; Universities as visa police; Managing students through PRISMS; Students or suspects?; Responsibilising private citizens

The duty to 'dob'Disciplining 'dodgy employers'; From the internal to the internalised border; 7. A nodal cartography of migration policing networks; Network morphology; Categorising migration policing networks; Building cross-agency institutions; Network dynamics; Migration policing as knowledge work; Regulating information flows; Pooling resources, skills and powers; Network relations; Merging mentalities; Fragmentation and resistance; 8. Patrolling the boundaries of entitlement and belonging; Key migration policing themes; The normalisation of the police role inimmigration enforcement

Migration policing as a transnational move-on strategy

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses the detection of unlawful non-citizens as a distinct form of policing which is impacting on a growing range of agencies and sections of society and offers new theoretical approaches to the study of police powers and practice.