Alison Gerard
Biographic Data
| ID | 3975934 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Gerard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Gerard |
| SIGNATURE | GERARD A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles Sturt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6756-8491 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Securitising Crimmigration: Locating ‘enemy crimmigrants’ at the nexus of criminal, immigration and security domains
In late 2023, Australia's High Court overturned longstanding precedent allowing indefinite immigration detention. In response, both major political parties launched an alarmist narrative about the exceptional threat posed by the 92 non-citizens, dubbed the NZYQ cohort, who were due for immediate release. This article details how this disparate group of non-citizens came to be considered an unmitigated threat to Australian society and were met wit…
Care experience and deportation: Exploring interactions between child protection, criminal justice and migration control
Robodeport or surveillance fantasy: How automated is automatic visa cancellation in Australia
Australia has been widely condemned for its harsh and comprehensive external border controls that seek to control the inward mobility of would-be asylum seekers through visa denial, interdiction and offshore detention. Less widely discussed is the fact that internal controls have been repeatedly ramped up over the past two decades. This includes the administrative removal of lawfully-present non-citizens following visa cancellation on character g…
Children, Care and Crime: Trauma and Transformation
Stephen Young, Indigenous Peoples, Consent and Rights: Troubling Subjects
Humanitarian borderwork’: Identifying tensions between humanitarianism and securitization for government contracted NGOs working with adult and unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Australia
This article challenges the common assumption that non-government organizations (NGOs) are ‘natural allies’ to asylum seekers in transforming borders from below by examining theories of humanitarianism within the context of securitization. Our article examines the theoretical and policy implications of the ‘humanitarian borderwork’ of NGOs, defined as practices that contain a security logic that construct, shift and erase internal and external bo…
Just another policy document?’ Can a protocol end the criminalisation of kids in care
This article examines the New South Wales Joint Protocol to Reduce the Contact of Young People in Residential OOHC with the Criminal Justice System (2016 ) from the perspective of residential out-of-home-care providers, police, lawyers and departmental staff involved in the child welfare and criminal justice systems in New South Wales
Entrapping Asylum Seekers
Drawing upon the co-existence of the securitization of the border and the progressive discursive and legal articulation of responsibilities for vulnerable groups, this chapter focuses on the context of Mediterranean migrant tragedies with the aim of investigating the effect of the media on public understanding of the migration and refugee crisis. In particular, it explores how both migration studies and media studies are implicitly interlinked an…
The Securitization of Migration and Refugee Women
Humanised accounts of restrictions on mobility are rarely the focus of debates on irregular migration. Very little is heard from refugees themselves about why they migrate, their experiences whilst entering the EU or how they navigate reception conditions upon arrival, particularly from a gendered perspective. The Securitization of Migration and Refugee Women fills this gap and explores the journey made by refugee women who have travelled from So…
Strategic in/visibility: Does agency make sex workers invisible
This article examines the links between in/visibility, agency and mobility through the narratives of 55 predominantly indoor sex workers interviewed in Melbourne, Australia, where state government regulations permit some forms of sex work under a licensing framework. This article explores the tensions around the requirement for visibility in the regulation of sex work, the utility of ‘strategic’ invisibility in the lived realities of sex work and…
Gender, Securitization and Transit: Refugee Women and the Journey to the EU
European Union (EU) Member States have cultivated the 'securitization of migration', crafting a legal framework that prevents irregular migrants, including asylum seekers, from arriving in the EU. As external and internal border controls are reinvigorated to achieve this aim, the experiences of asylum seekers beyond the EU border, in designated 'transit' countries, necessitate further inquiry. Concepts of 'transit' are shaped by government accoun…
Sex Work: Labour, Mobility and Sexual Services
Sex work has always attracted policy, public and prurient interest. Currently, legal frameworks in developed countries range from prohibition, through partial legalisation to active regulation. Globalisation has increased women’s mobility between developing and developed countries at the same time as women’s employment opportunities in the developed world are shifting. Family and intimate relationships are being transformed by changing demographi…
The Crime and Punishment of Somali Women's Extra-Legal Arrival in Malta
This article looks at Somali women’s experiences of extra-legal border crossing of the European Union’s southern border. Based on qualitative interviews with women who have travelled irregularly to Malta, and key state and non-government organization stakeholders, this article considers the layers of exile and vulnerability engendered by Malta’s attempts to secure the EU border. The article traces the gendered and racialized processes of immobili…
Privileging Work Not Sex: Flexibility and Employment in the Sexual Services Industry
We present findings from a study of sex workers recruited in indoor licensed premises in Victoria. While the study addressed regulation, enforcement and working conditions, we focus on the value of flexible well-paid work for two particular groups of female workers (parents and students). We link this issue of flexibility to broader gendered employment conditions in Australia, arguing the lack of comparable employment is crucial to understanding …
Gender, Securitization and Transit: Refugee Women and the Journey to the EU
European Union (EU) Member States have cultivated the 'securitization of migration', crafting a legal framework that prevents irregular migrants, including asylum seekers, from arriving in the EU. As external and internal border controls are reinvigorated to achieve this aim, the experiences of asylum seekers beyond the EU border, in designated 'transit' countries, necessitate further inquiry. Concepts of 'transit' are shaped by government accoun…
Humanitarian borderwork’: Identifying tensions between humanitarianism and securitization for government contracted NGOs working with adult and unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Australia
This article challenges the common assumption that non-government organizations (NGOs) are ‘natural allies’ to asylum seekers in transforming borders from below by examining theories of humanitarianism within the context of securitization. Our article examines the theoretical and policy implications of the ‘humanitarian borderwork’ of NGOs, defined as practices that contain a security logic that construct, shift and erase internal and external bo…
Strategic in/visibility: Does agency make sex workers invisible
This article examines the links between in/visibility, agency and mobility through the narratives of 55 predominantly indoor sex workers interviewed in Melbourne, Australia, where state government regulations permit some forms of sex work under a licensing framework. This article explores the tensions around the requirement for visibility in the regulation of sex work, the utility of ‘strategic’ invisibility in the lived realities of sex work and…
The Crime and Punishment of Somali Women's Extra-Legal Arrival in Malta
This article looks at Somali women’s experiences of extra-legal border crossing of the European Union’s southern border. Based on qualitative interviews with women who have travelled irregularly to Malta, and key state and non-government organization stakeholders, this article considers the layers of exile and vulnerability engendered by Malta’s attempts to secure the EU border. The article traces the gendered and racialized processes of immobili…
Privileging Work Not Sex: Flexibility and Employment in the Sexual Services Industry
We present findings from a study of sex workers recruited in indoor licensed premises in Victoria. While the study addressed regulation, enforcement and working conditions, we focus on the value of flexible well-paid work for two particular groups of female workers (parents and students). We link this issue of flexibility to broader gendered employment conditions in Australia, arguing the lack of comparable employment is crucial to understanding …
Just another policy document?’ Can a protocol end the criminalisation of kids in care
This article examines the New South Wales Joint Protocol to Reduce the Contact of Young People in Residential OOHC with the Criminal Justice System (2016 ) from the perspective of residential out-of-home-care providers, police, lawyers and departmental staff involved in the child welfare and criminal justice systems in New South Wales
Sex Work: Labour, Mobility and Sexual Services
Sex work has always attracted policy, public and prurient interest. Currently, legal frameworks in developed countries range from prohibition, through partial legalisation to active regulation. Globalisation has increased women’s mobility between developing and developed countries at the same time as women’s employment opportunities in the developed world are shifting. Family and intimate relationships are being transformed by changing demographi…
The Crime and Punishment of Somali Women's Extra-Legal Arrival in Malta
This article looks at Somali women’s experiences of extra-legal border crossing of the European Union’s southern border. Based on qualitative interviews with women who have travelled irregularly to Malta, and key state and non-government organization stakeholders, this article considers the layers of exile and vulnerability engendered by Malta’s attempts to secure the EU border. The article traces the gendered and racialized processes of immobili…
Privileging Work Not Sex: Flexibility and Employment in the Sexual Services Industry
We present findings from a study of sex workers recruited in indoor licensed premises in Victoria. While the study addressed regulation, enforcement and working conditions, we focus on the value of flexible well-paid work for two particular groups of female workers (parents and students). We link this issue of flexibility to broader gendered employment conditions in Australia, arguing the lack of comparable employment is crucial to understanding …
Strategic in/visibility: Does agency make sex workers invisible
This article examines the links between in/visibility, agency and mobility through the narratives of 55 predominantly indoor sex workers interviewed in Melbourne, Australia, where state government regulations permit some forms of sex work under a licensing framework. This article explores the tensions around the requirement for visibility in the regulation of sex work, the utility of ‘strategic’ invisibility in the lived realities of sex work and…
Gender, Securitization and Transit: Refugee Women and the Journey to the EU
European Union (EU) Member States have cultivated the 'securitization of migration', crafting a legal framework that prevents irregular migrants, including asylum seekers, from arriving in the EU. As external and internal border controls are reinvigorated to achieve this aim, the experiences of asylum seekers beyond the EU border, in designated 'transit' countries, necessitate further inquiry. Concepts of 'transit' are shaped by government accoun…
The Securitization of Migration and Refugee Women
Humanised accounts of restrictions on mobility are rarely the focus of debates on irregular migration. Very little is heard from refugees themselves about why they migrate, their experiences whilst entering the EU or how they navigate reception conditions upon arrival, particularly from a gendered perspective. The Securitization of Migration and Refugee Women fills this gap and explores the journey made by refugee women who have travelled from So…
Entrapping Asylum Seekers
Drawing upon the co-existence of the securitization of the border and the progressive discursive and legal articulation of responsibilities for vulnerable groups, this chapter focuses on the context of Mediterranean migrant tragedies with the aim of investigating the effect of the media on public understanding of the migration and refugee crisis. In particular, it explores how both migration studies and media studies are implicitly interlinked an…
Just another policy document?’ Can a protocol end the criminalisation of kids in care
This article examines the New South Wales Joint Protocol to Reduce the Contact of Young People in Residential OOHC with the Criminal Justice System (2016 ) from the perspective of residential out-of-home-care providers, police, lawyers and departmental staff involved in the child welfare and criminal justice systems in New South Wales
Humanitarian borderwork’: Identifying tensions between humanitarianism and securitization for government contracted NGOs working with adult and unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Australia
This article challenges the common assumption that non-government organizations (NGOs) are ‘natural allies’ to asylum seekers in transforming borders from below by examining theories of humanitarianism within the context of securitization. Our article examines the theoretical and policy implications of the ‘humanitarian borderwork’ of NGOs, defined as practices that contain a security logic that construct, shift and erase internal and external bo…
Stephen Young, Indigenous Peoples, Consent and Rights: Troubling Subjects
Children, Care and Crime: Trauma and Transformation
Robodeport or surveillance fantasy: How automated is automatic visa cancellation in Australia
Australia has been widely condemned for its harsh and comprehensive external border controls that seek to control the inward mobility of would-be asylum seekers through visa denial, interdiction and offshore detention. Less widely discussed is the fact that internal controls have been repeatedly ramped up over the past two decades. This includes the administrative removal of lawfully-present non-citizens following visa cancellation on character g…
Care experience and deportation: Exploring interactions between child protection, criminal justice and migration control
Securitising Crimmigration: Locating ‘enemy crimmigrants’ at the nexus of criminal, immigration and security domains
In late 2023, Australia's High Court overturned longstanding precedent allowing indefinite immigration detention. In response, both major political parties launched an alarmist narrative about the exceptional threat posed by the 92 non-citizens, dubbed the NZYQ cohort, who were due for immediate release. This article details how this disparate group of non-citizens came to be considered an unmitigated threat to Australian society and were met wit…
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Sex work and related issues (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Global Security and Public Health (4 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (4 works)