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Mary Bosworth

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Professor of Criminology, @oxfordcrim.bsky.social, co-Director @bordercrim.bsky.social, writes about immigration detention and deportation.

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Mary Francesca Bosworth is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford where she founded and co-directs the international research network Border Criminologies. She is the author of a number of books, including Engendering Resistance: Agency and Power in Women’s Prisons (1999), Explaining U.S. Imprisonment (2010), the edited book What is Criminology? (2011), the edited book The Borders of Punishment (2013), Inside Immigration Detention (2014), Bordered Lives (2020) with Khadija von Zinnenburg Carrol and Christoph Balzar, and Supply Chain Justice (2025). From 2009 to 2024 Mary Bosworth was the UK Editor-in-Chief of the journal Theoretical Criminology. .. more

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 1d

In case you missed it: John Tuckett appointed as Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration | Sonia Lenegan

John Tuckett appointed as Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration - Free Movement

Today John Tuckett has officially been appointed as the new Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, leaving a vacancy for his most recent post

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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 1d

and nor should you!

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 2d

In their annual review, @medicaljustice.org.uk highlight how failures in clinical safeguards continued to put vulnerable people at unacceptable levels of risk and failed to prevent harm in immigration detention during 2024. Read the post by Ariel Plotkin ⤵️

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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 3d

That’s terrifying! there was also the v scary “dumb ways to die” campaign by Melbourne (?) public transport … maybe it‘s an antipodean gruesome sense of humour??

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Izzy Jayasinghe @ijayas.bsky.social · 4d

🤖 If you use LinkedIn, please be aware that they automatically use your profile to train their GenAI. To turn off, go to Settings > Data Privacy > Data for Gen AI improvements.

Screenshot of LinkedIn’s menu: “How LinkedIn uses your data”. Near the bottom, is the option to turn off “Data for Generative AI improvement”, shown with a red arrow.

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Migrants' Rights Network @migrantsrights.bsky.social · 5d

New event 🔈 We're excited to be co-hosting a presentation and panel with Legal Action Group (LAG) on border surveillance and the criminalisation of racialised migrants on 3rd November.

Book your free tickets: buff.ly/2HrU63W

There are limited places so make sure you book early- see you there! ✊🏽

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Oxford Criminology @oxfordcrim.bsky.social · 5d

🎓 Congratulations to Dr Luiz Dal Santo! Oxford DPhil Criminology graduate.
"Punishment, State, and Society in the Global Periphery: Mass Incarceration, Mass Incorporation, and the Rise of a Protagonist Judiciary in Brazil",
📚 Luiz’s published research here: researchgate.net/profile/Luiz-Dal-Santo

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 5d

Germany and Greece are quietly redefining EU asylum norms, by using national derogations to limit certain people's access to asylum. Read the new blog post from student researcher Ridam Gangwar ⤵️

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Nearly Legal @nearlylegal.co.uk · 7d

And so it begins... Client telling me that my (and counsel's) advice is wrong and that I need to consider various cited cases that support their view. Which cases don't exist. Client admits used an LLM AI, but comes back to me with further detailed argument, citing other cases which.. don't exist.

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madihaansari.bsky.social @madihaansari.bsky.social · 7d

Wrote for @bordercrim.bsky.social blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

From the Field: At the Border of Language and Law

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 7d

📣 Our friends at law charity Appeal are hiring for several roles across their legal and research team. Find out more! 👇

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Careers • APPEAL

Careers Come and work with us! APPEAL punches above its weight. Although we are a small charity, our team of committed and talented staff enables us to have a big impact. If you would like to defend t...

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 7d

📆 Join us on the 16th for the launch of Samuel Singler's new book, Outsourcing Crimmigration Control: Digital Borders, the IOM, and Biometric Statehood. Sign up to join online or in person 👇

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Book launch – Outsourcing Crimmigration Control

Abstract Samuel Singler will introduce his new book, Outsourcing Crimmigration Control. The book

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Jodi Cohen @jodiscohen.bsky.social · 9d

🚨Come work with me at @propublica.org!
We are hiring a reporter to cover higher education — the best beat there is. 🏫

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Higher Education Reporter, National

New York City, United States

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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 9d

this was such a lovely few days, am already looking forward to the next one!

Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 9d

🔥 These things got us talking at our annual workshop: creatively disrupting hostile border systems; navigating abolition; borderless empires vs bordered reparations.

Watch to find out more! 👇

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 9d

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 9d

In India and the US, protection for asylum seekers seems to rest on political discretion, not legal obligation. Read the new blog post on translating Indian journeys to the US ⤵️

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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 10d

Back when I was in dover doing research in the local detention units this was the unnerving sign in my hotel room:

Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 12d

this will be great. the book is excellent. please do join us!

Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 14d

Food, medical care, in-facility stores. There's 💰 to be gained from the business of immigration detention.

Find out more in the launch of Conlon and Hiemstra's new book, plus discussion with Prof Ruben Andersson, on 21 October, 5-6pm BST. Register here ⬇️

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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 12d

ooh how exciting! I look forward to reading. Hopefully @bordercrim.bsky.social can get it reviewed! and/or you could write a blog about it??

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 12d

Stateless children sometimes challenge the human rights violations that result from statelessness in court. In this new blog post, dissertation prize runner up Rachel Pop sheds light on her research on how certain elements of litigation may affect case outcome ⤵️

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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks! Am stressing bc this is new news and a bit unexpected. I thought we were fine until March 2028 m.

Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks! and yes I will see if any of those orgs might be interested. We have previously been funded by the OSF.

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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 13d

I know there is a lot going on in the world but @bordercrim.bsky.social facing a funding crisis to stay meaningfully afloat. Initially in search of £12,000— any ideas of where to look gratefully received. Feels like a bad time to have our platform shrink.

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Catherine Briddick @catbriddick.bsky.social · 13d

My book, out now! On migration law's treatment of women, gender-based violence, and the legal challenges that migrant women have brought to the rules that determine their status. I have links if you want to review a copy or read a free chapter....

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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 13d

Are you missing Sylvester’s??

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 14d

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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 15d

Had a fun day welcoming all the new @oxfordcrim.bsky.social Msc students and some of our new DPhils too. Always an exciting time of year!

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 16d

When border control policies prioritise deterrence over protection, a paradox emerges. Italy is a case in point.

Read the new blog post by Luciano Magaldi Sardella and Matteo Mantuano ⤵️

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[email protected] @francescrook.bsky.social · 19d

Labour’s plan for ID cards is sheer panic. Stirring up hatred for foreigners again. Panic, not policy.

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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards

We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 19d

What happens when documentation, not rights, determines citizenship? How India’s largest biometric identification system rewrites citizenship.

New blog from Varalika Singh ⤵️

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