Protection or punishment? : the detention of asylum-seekers in Australia
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Protection or punishment? : the detention of asylum-seekers in Australia
Federation Press, 1993
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Includes index
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The strength of this book is the special quality and varied expertise of the contributors. Together, they have written a powerful, comprehensive book on the major moral and political issue of how Australia should deal with border refugees and boat people as asylum seekers.
Table of Contents
Preface Justice Murray Wilcox Introduction Mary Crock Politics, Policy & the Law The Political Imperative: Defend, deter, detain Sen Jim McKiernan Politics and Public Opinion Margot Kingston The Official's View: The law and policy outlined D Richardson Rationales for Detention Dept of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs A Legal Perspective on the Evolution of Mandatory Detention M Crock Critical Analyses of the Detention Policy Detention, Justice and Compassion Justice Marcus Einfeld Is Detention Justified? Senator Christabel Chamarette Human Rights Law and the Detention of Asylum-Seekers Nick Poynder International Politics and the United Nations George Lombard Human Impact The Psychological and Psychosocial Effects of Prolonged Detention RiseBecker and Prof Derrick Silove Effects of Incarceration Ron Kessels & Maritsa Eftimou The Welfare Worker's Experience Andrew Biro International Practice Reforming Alien Detention Policy in the United States Dr A Helton Detention Overseas: Comparative practices M Piper Alternatives to Detention The Official View Dept of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs Blueprints for a Parole System Kate De Mayo & P McIntosh The Work of the St Vincent de Paul Society John Atkinson Reality: The release of the Isabella refugees Marion Le Postscript Winds of Change: The future of the detention policy Dr John Griffiths Index
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