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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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Nearly Legal @nearlylegal.co.uk · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

📣 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 · 1d

📆 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 · 3d

🚨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 · 3d

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

Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 3d

🔥 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 · 3d

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 4d

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 · 6d

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

Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 8d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 8d

Are you missing Sylvester’s??

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 8d

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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 9d

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 · 10d

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 · 13d

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 · 13d

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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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 14d

Gah 😩

Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 14d

Finding it hard to believe with all that’s going on here that the govt thinks introducing digital ID is a vote winner… what is going on??

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ECCHR - European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights @ecchr.bsky.social · 14d

Save the date: 6 Oct - MENA Prison Forum in Berlin #5 Libya

The Berlin premiere of the documentary „Escaping Libya’s Detention Industry“ will be followed by a discussion on international crimes committed against migrants and refugees in Libya and the Mediterranean.
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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 15d

Screening tomorrow! 📽️ This Jungo Life is showing at Genesis Cinema, Whitechapel, London, with a Q&A. The event raises funds for @captainsupportuk.bsky.social, a grassroots network supporting people criminalised for moving or supporting others to move.

Tickets 🎟️ www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/101321

Events | Genesis Cinema

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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 16d

Am looking forward to today’s @bordercrim.bsky.social lunch time online book launch of Hannah Pool‘s new book The Game. Please join us. www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/book-launc...

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Hallam Tuck @hallamtuck.bsky.social · 16d

Our special issue on the constitution and contestability of borders is out now in Geopolitics!

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Read here: Geopolitics: Vol 30, No 5 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fgeo20/3...

Geopolitics

The Constitution and Contestablity of Borders. Volume 30, Issue 5 of Geopolitics

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 17d

New from Free Movement: Job Ad: Immigration & Nationality Solicitor at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP | Free Movement freemovement.org.uk/job-ad-immig...

Job Ad: Immigration & Nationality Solicitor at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP - Free Movement

Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP is a top-ranked specialist firm in UK immigration and nationality law, consistently recognised by The Legal 500, Chambers and

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 17d

"Immigration Detention, Inc" Book Talk at American University September 30 (Register Today)

Join Ernesto Castañeda, Tazreena Sajjad, Nancy Hiemstra, Deirdre Conlon, and myself for a discussion about the rapidly-expanding US immigrant detention system.

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Event Announcement: "Immigration Detention, Inc" Book Talk at American University September 30 (Register Today)

Join Ernesto Castañeda, Tazreena Sajjad, Nancy Hiemstra, Deirdre Conlon, and myself for a discussion about the rapidly-expanding US immigrant detention system.

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