Media contributions
1Media contributions
Title ‘My kids won’t grow up here’: Policing, borders and belonging Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Border Criminologies website Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 1/04/20 Description Police researchers often speak about police patrolling the boundaries of belonging, however the dynamics of this process are rarely closely examined. Similarly, social researchers exploring questions of integration and identity have generally studied the socio-cultural and economic factors that influence belonging without considering the impact of encounters with authorities. My article, based on a qualitative study conducted with young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds in south-east Melbourne, connects these fields of inquiry by exploring the impact of contact with police on young people’s personal perceptions of belonging, and relates these encounters to forms of internal bordering. URL https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/research-subject-groups/centre-criminology/centreborder-criminologies/blog/2020/04/my-kids-wont-grow Persons Leanne Weber
Keywords
- policing
- race
- migration