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Securing borders : detention and deportation in Canada / Anna Pratt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pratt, Anna, 1964-
- Series:
- Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Law and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Deportation--Canada--History--20th century.
- Detention of persons--Canada--History--20th century.
- National security--Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 290 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : UBC Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A close look at the laws, policies, and practices of detention and deportation in Canada since the Second World War.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms
- Securing Borders
- 1 Overview and Orientations
- 2 Detention at the Celebrity Inn
- 3 Reframing Discretion
- 4 From Purity to Security
- 5 Floods and Frauds
- 6 Risky Refugees
- 7 Discretion, Dangerousness, and National Security
- 8 Criminals First
- 9 Risk-Smart Borders
- 10 Conclusion
- Appendix Canadian Immigration Ministries ( 1949- 2004)
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references: p. [262]-282.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7748-5154-6
- OCLC:
- 180772846
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