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22 June 2016

Research Update: Vanessa Barker

18 April 2016

Criminal Justice Adjudication in an Age of Migration

6 April 2016

Gatekeepers, Collaborators, and Policymakers: Crossing the Borders of the Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health Systems in the United States

14 September 2015

Female Traffickers and Criminal Justice Responses

25 June 2015

Remote Adjudication in Immigration

24 June 2015

Mapping out a (Brief) Research Agenda for Border Criminology

23 June 2015

The Function of the Criminal Law in the Prosecution of Refugees

22 June 2015

Language Interpretation in the Criminal Courts: An Essential but Unstable Service

17 June 2015

The Deportation Trap of Juvenile Transfers: How A Child Becomes A Desperado in the Eyes of the Law

16 June 2015

Bail Denials and Beyond: Lopez-Valenzuela and the Role of Immigration Status in Criminal Justice

15 June 2015

Crime, Justice and Migration

28 April 2015

US Immigration Enforcement at a Crossroads: What Can we Learn from the ‘Secure Communities’ Program?

6 April 2015

Race and Border Control: Is There a Relationship?

27 March 2015

‘Victims of Trafficking’ and ‘Foreign Criminals’: Constructing the State as Our (Masculine) Saviour

16 March 2015

Unpacking the Figure of the ‘Foreign Criminal’

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20 October 2026

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: a massive expansion of immigration detention

by: Galatea Scotti, Chiara Catelli

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11 September 2026

Lharba at the border: Escape, rumours, and the making of the 2026 Ceuta crossings

by: Rachid Benharrousse

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6 October 2026

Out of sight, out of mind? How a colonial past shapes the Italy-Libya migration partnership

by: Diana Volpe

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16 October 2026

University entanglement with carceral border institutions: Medical Education, dual loyalty and complicity in Italy-Albania detention centres

by: Nicola Cocco, Kristina Millona, Patrizia Borsellino, Vittorio Agnoletto, Antonello D’Elia, Lara Tavoschi, Francesca Cimino, Fabio Perocco, Francesca Esposito, Chiara Montaldo, Camilla Ponti

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23 October 2026

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: ‘Alternatives to detention’ and the expanded toolbox for control, surveillance and coercion

by: Galatea Scotti, Chiara Catelli

Border Criminologies Blog

Research Update: Vanessa Barker

Criminal Justice Adjudication in an Age of Migration

Gatekeepers, Collaborators, and Policymakers: Crossing the Borders of the Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health Systems in the United States

Female Traffickers and Criminal Justice Responses

Remote Adjudication in Immigration

Mapping out a (Brief) Research Agenda for Border Criminology

The Function of the Criminal Law in the Prosecution of Refugees

Language Interpretation in the Criminal Courts: An Essential but Unstable Service

The Deportation Trap of Juvenile Transfers: How A Child Becomes A Desperado in the Eyes of the Law

Bail Denials and Beyond: Lopez-Valenzuela and the Role of Immigration Status in Criminal Justice

Crime, Justice and Migration

US Immigration Enforcement at a Crossroads: What Can we Learn from the ‘Secure Communities’ Program?

Race and Border Control: Is There a Relationship?

‘Victims of Trafficking’ and ‘Foreign Criminals’: Constructing the State as Our (Masculine) Saviour

Unpacking the Figure of the ‘Foreign Criminal’

Top blogs posts this month

1)

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: a massive expansion of immigration detention

2)

Lharba at the border: Escape, rumours, and the making of the 2026 Ceuta crossings

3)

Out of sight, out of mind? How a colonial past shapes the Italy-Libya migration partnership

4)

University entanglement with carceral border institutions: Medical Education, dual loyalty and complicity in Italy-Albania detention centres

5)

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: ‘Alternatives to detention’ and the expanded toolbox for control, surveillance and coercion

With the support of

Border Criminologies Blog

Research Update: Vanessa Barker

Criminal Justice Adjudication in an Age of Migration

Gatekeepers, Collaborators, and Policymakers: Crossing the Borders of the Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health Systems in the United States

Female Traffickers and Criminal Justice Responses

Remote Adjudication in Immigration

Mapping out a (Brief) Research Agenda for Border Criminology

The Function of the Criminal Law in the Prosecution of Refugees

Language Interpretation in the Criminal Courts: An Essential but Unstable Service

The Deportation Trap of Juvenile Transfers: How A Child Becomes A Desperado in the Eyes of the Law

Bail Denials and Beyond: Lopez-Valenzuela and the Role of Immigration Status in Criminal Justice

Crime, Justice and Migration

US Immigration Enforcement at a Crossroads: What Can we Learn from the ‘Secure Communities’ Program?

Race and Border Control: Is There a Relationship?

‘Victims of Trafficking’ and ‘Foreign Criminals’: Constructing the State as Our (Masculine) Saviour

Unpacking the Figure of the ‘Foreign Criminal’

Top blogs posts this month

1)

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: a massive expansion of immigration detention

2)

Lharba at the border: Escape, rumours, and the making of the 2026 Ceuta crossings

3)

Out of sight, out of mind? How a colonial past shapes the Italy-Libya migration partnership

4)

University entanglement with carceral border institutions: Medical Education, dual loyalty and complicity in Italy-Albania detention centres

5)

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: ‘Alternatives to detention’ and the expanded toolbox for control, surveillance and coercion

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