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Gendered Harm and Structural Violence in the British Asylum System

Gendered Harm and Structural Violence in the British Asylum System

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Series: Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizensh

CriminologySocial Movements

ISBN10: 036719905X
ISBN13: 9780367199050
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 4 2019
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Winner of the 2018 British Society of Criminology Book Prize

Britain is often heralded as a country in which the rights and welfare of survivors of conflict and persecution are well embedded, and where the standard of living conditions for those seeking asylum is relatively high. Drawing on a decade of activism and research in the North West of England, this book contends that, on the contrary, conditions are often structurally violent. For survivors of gendered violence, harm inflicted throughout the process of seeking asylum can be intersectional and compound the impacts of previous experiences of violent continuums. The everyday threat of detention and deportation; poor housing and inadequate welfare access; and systemic cuts to domestic and sexual violence support all contribute to a temporal limbo which limits women's personal autonomy and access to basic human rights.

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