Crime, criminalization and refugees : the case of Sudanese Australians / Darren Palmer, Garry Coventry, Glen Dawes, Stephen Moston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Darren, author.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in criminology.

SpringerBriefs in criminology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of--Australia.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Sudanese--Australia.

Sudanese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XV, 121 p. 10 illus., 9 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2020.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, [2020]

Summary:

This book explores criminal justice responses to Sudanese Australians, crime and victimization. Based on research in four major Queensland communities, the book uses a multi-faceted research design to capture the ‘voices’ of different interest groups. The book challenges the concept that Sudanese Australian refugees are the criminal ‘other’ that the media or other primary definers would have us believe. It also highlights the differently situated subgroups of Sudanese Australians with a focus on how individuals and groups develop and maintain a sense of belonging: not always successful and not always law abiding but by no means indicative of the reductive notion of the criminogenic refugee.

Contents:

Introduction: Criminological perspectives on crime and refugees

Research methods

Media predictions and moral panics: Representation of Sudanese refugees in Australia

Serious talking: Community consultations

Queensland’s Sudanese community survey

Police perspectives o Sudanese Australians

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789811561757

9811561753