Getting to the core of crimmigration

Assessing the role of discretion in managing intra-Schengen cross-border mobility

By means of a multi-sited, multi-level and interdisciplinary research design, a combination of ethnographic fieldwork and a multi-sided survey, this unique research project aims to contribute to current debates on intra-Schengen cross border mobilities. It does so by shedding light on both the perspectives and practices of law enforcement officials in charge of cross-border management, and on the perspectives and actions taken by those who live in local border communities.

Project Manager Maartje van der Woude
Duration2016 - 2021
FundingNWO
Main organisationVan Vollenhoven Institute, Universiteit Leiden
Subprojects

Research Question

To what extent are there differences between countries in the Schengen area in the level of crimmigration, the merger between migration control and crime control, and to what extent can these differences be explained by the way in which state and non-state actors in these countries are making use of formal and informal discretion and power structures to guide their response to cross border mobility?

Project Description

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Key publications

Framing migration and the process of crimmigration: a systematic analysis of the media representation of unauthorized immigrants in the Netherlands (2017)
Authors:
Brouwer J., Leun J.P. van der & Woude M.A.H. van der
In:
European Journal of Criminology 14(1): 100-119
Searching for “Illegal” Junk in the Trunk: Underlying Intentions of (Cr)Immigration Controls in Schengen’s Internal Border Areas (2017)
Authors:
Woude M.A.H. van der & Brouwer, J.
In:
New Criminal Law Review 20(1): 157-179
Crimmigration checks in the internal border areas of the EU: Finding the discretion that matters (2017)
Authors:
Woude M.A.H. van der & Leun J.P. van der
In:
European Journal of Criminology 14(1): 27-45
Crimmigration in Europe (Editorial) (2017)
Authors:
Woude M.A.H. van der, Barker V. & Leun J.P. van der
In:
European Journal of Criminology 14(1): 3-6
Acceptance Denied: Intelligence-led Immigration Checks in Dutch Border Areas (2016)
Authors:
Dekkers T.J.M. & Woude M.A.H. van der
In:
European Journal of Policing Studies
(Cr)immigrant framing in border areas: decision-making processes of Dutch border police officers (2017)
Authors:
Brouwer J., Woude M.A.H. van der & Leun J.P. van der
In:
Policing and Society
Exercising Discretion in Border Areas: On the changing social surround and decision field of internal border control in the Netherlands (2016)
Authors:
Dekkers T.J.M., Woude M.A.H. van der & Leun J.P. van der
In:
International Journal of Migration and Border Studies 2(4): 382-402
Chain reactions in criminal justice: discretion and the necessity of interdisciplinary research (2016)
Authors:
Woude M.A.H. van der
Beslissen in grensgebieden: een onderzoek naar het Mobiel Toezicht Veiligheid zoals uitgevoerd door de Koninklijke Marechaussee (2016)
Authors:
Woude M.A.H. van der, Brouwer J. & Dekkers T.J.M.
Crimmigration at the Internal Borders of Europe? Examining the Schengen Governance Package (2015)
Authors:
Woude M.A.H. van der & Berlo P. van
In:
Utrecht Law Review 11(1): 61-79
Over crimmigratie en discretionair beslissen binnen het Mobiel Toezicht Veiligheid…of Vreemdelingen…of Veiligheid? (2015)
Authors:
Woude M.A.H. van der, Dekkers T.J.M. & Brouwer J. (2015)
In:
Tijdschrift voor Veiligheid 14(2): 19-35
Crimmigration in the Netherlands (2014)
Authors:
Woude M.A.H. van der, Leun J.P. van der & Nijland J.A.
In:
Law and Social Inquiry 39(3): 560-579
Crimmigratie in de Lage Landen: Smeltende Grenzen? (2013)
Authors:
Leun J.P. van der, Woude M.A.H. van der & Ridder S. de
In:
Strafblad 11(3): 221-228
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