The Mobility Control Apparatus Getting to the Core of Crimmigration in the Schengen Area

• Main Author: van der Woude, Maartje
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Taylor & Francis 2025
• Series: Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship
• Subjects: border laws; Citizenship and nationality law; Civics and citizenship; Constitutional and administrative law: general; Crime and criminology; Criminal law: procedure and offences; Emigration & Immigration; European; European union; immigration; Interdisciplinary studies; International institutions; International law; International relations; Jurisprudence and general issues; Law; Law and society, sociology of law; Law Enforcement; Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law; Legal aspects of criminology; LNDA3 Asylum law; migration; Nonfiction; Political control and freedoms; Political Science; Politics; Politics and government; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regional / International studies; Schengen Area; Social and ethical issues; Social law and Medical law; Social services and welfare, criminology; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; World
• ISBN: 9781003221524; 1032117826; 9781032117843; 1003221521; 9781040352014; 1040352014; 1032117842; 9781032117829; 9781040351994; 1040351999
• DOI: 10.4324/9781003221524

This book critically explores the complexities of intra-Schengen border control and migration dynamics within Europe. It provides a comprehensive analysis of how various actors, including border officials and state apparatuses, interact in managing mobility and enforcing controls. The theoretical foundation draws on Foucault’s concept of the dispositif, examining how borders are enforced through a combination of legal frameworks, discourses, and on-the-ground practices. The book emphasises the importance of discretion in border control, arguing that it plays a pivotal role in shaping decisions at both the organisational and street levels. It delves into the experiences of Dutch border control officers and the wider European context, offering a comparative analysis of Europe’s intra-Schengen borderlands. By drawing on real-world case studies, it showcases the tensions between security and mobility and how migration is managed through both visible and covert policing practices. The work is grounded in rich qualitative data, collected over years of fieldwork, and addresses key debates in migration and criminology studies, particularly the evolving concept of ‘crimmigration’ and its implications for human rights and security policies. This book will be of interest to criminologists, sociologists, legal scholars, and political scientists alike, as well as all those engaged in studies on migration, mobility, and the European Union. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.