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Alternatives to the detention of children for immigration purposes: a contribution to the review from the UK Children’s Commissioners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Consultation response by the UK Children’s Commissioners to the Government's review on the alternatives to the detention of ...

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“I Stayed, Because… I Needed to Have a Plan”: Nigerian Migrant Women's Experiences of Gender‐Based Violence, Resilience and Resistance

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article critiques gendered, cultural and racial stereotypes of Nigerian migrant women as passive victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the United Kingdom. Based on 14 semi‐structured interviews, it reveals how spouse visa restrictions limit access to welfare and constrain women's ability to escape abuse.
Yemisi L. Sloane, Aisha K. Gill
wiley   +1 more source

Families on the Front Lines: How Immigration Advocates Can Build a Bridge Between the Immigration and Child Welfare Systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Whether acknowledged or not, the family unit must also stand front and center in any examination of the human impact of current immigration enforcement initiatives. Mixed-legal status families are extremely common in the United States.
Lindsay Marshall
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Hierarchical Citizenship and Racialised Discretion: Police and Consular Officers’ Handling of Capital Cases in Malaysia

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the death penalty in Malaysia, where foreign nationals have historically been sentenced to death at a disproportionately high rate. The international community has recognised that foreign defendants are disadvantaged in alien criminal justice systems and made efforts to address this through the United Nation's Vienna ...
Carolyn Hoyle, Lucy Harry
wiley   +1 more source

Voices from inside Australia’s detention centres [PDF]

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2013
At the heart of the asylum debate in Australia there is little sense of the individual in question. People who had previously been asylum seekers in immigration detention (and are now Australian permanent residents) express in their own words the impact ...
Melissa Phillips
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The Rise of Latino Protestants

open access: yes, 2017
Excerpt: During one of my first visits to a church in San Antonio for the Latino Protestant Congregations Project, the pastor invited a church member to speak about his experience in a federal immigration detention center. An elderly gentleman rose from
Ramos, Aida Isela
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When Universities Turn Carceral: Between Academic Freedom and Elimination

open access: yes
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Gil Rothschild Elyassi
wiley   +1 more source

We Need to Talk About Court Custody

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Court custody is an overlooked but significant site of incarceration that holds tens of thousands of individuals each year in England and Wales. Providing one of the first scholarly investigations of court custody, we find that insurmountable bureaucratic barriers make it impossible to conduct interview‐based empirical research within court ...
Tom Kemp, Philippa Tomczak
wiley   +1 more source

The State of Black Immigrants Part II: Black Immigrants in the Mass Criminalization System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Black immigrants are one of the fastest growing demographics in the United States. Nonetheless, this group remains a novelty in the broader immigration discourse.
Juliana MorganTrostle, Kexin Zheng
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Oral Status in Relation to Demographic, Socioeconomic, Medical and Psychosocial Risk Factors Among Outpatients in Addiction Treatment Centers, Stockholm, Sweden

open access: yesInternational Journal of Dental Hygiene, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate oral status in relation to demographic, socioeconomic, medical and psychosocial risk factors among outpatients receiving treatment for Substance Use Disorder (SUD). Methods This cross‐sectional study included 91 outpatients from Stockholm, Sweden. Oral status was assessed using the Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth (DMFT)
Sonja Rafat   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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