Description: A timely examination of the increasing efforts to criminalize the status of immigrants, exiles, and refugees
Brief description: Maartje van der Woude is Professor of Law & Society at Leiden Law School in the Netherlands. She is also affiliated with the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo and the Center for the International Comparative Study of Criminology at the University of Montreal.
Review Quotes: In this frightening moment of rising authoritarian nationalism - where despotic leaders mobilize fear and resentment by equating migration and crime - it is incumbent upon scholars committed to protecting human rights and facilitating genuine democracy to decipher exactly what's happening and why. In this regard, Robert Koulish and Maartje van der Woude have done their duty: They've assembled a team of top-notch contributors who elucidate the scope, origins, and often-deadly consequences of crimmigration policies and politics in Europe and the United States. This book and its lessons are essential.---Jamie Longazel, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, author of Undocumented Fears: Immigration and the Politics of Divide and Conquer in Hazleton, Pennsylvania