Michael Grewcock
Biographic Data
| ID | 87472 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Grewcock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Grewcock |
| SIGNATURE | GREWCOCK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0355-8846 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Birthday Party
The Opportunity
Settler-Colonial Violence, Primitive Accumulation and Australia's Genocide
This article explores ways in which state crime theory, which is predominantly based on contemporary conceptions of human rights, might be applied to settler-colonial violence and the forced dispossession of the land from Indigenous peoples. The Australian state was established through the foundational violence inherent to settler colonialism and the processes of primitive accumulation that underpinned it. This created the conditions for ongoing …
Mapping the Contours of State Crime and Colonialism
State Crime
State crime encompasses activities such as genocide, war crimes, torture, kidnapping, arbitrary detention, forced displacement, and large‐scale corruption that are organized or committed by governments, state agencies, or other entities (such as paramilitary organizations) acting on their behalf. These constitute the most serious and devastating forms of crime and often impact on entire communities. Criminologists traditionally have focused on th…
Our lives is in danger: Manus Island and the end of asylum
The Australian-funded and operated immigration detention centre on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, serves as a frontline for Australia's border policing measures against unauthorised refugees. The willingness of the Australian state to forcibly transfer and detain refugees at sites such as Manus Island reflects its commitment to deterring unauthorised arrivals by punishing them for their methods of travel. Comparing the outcomes of the 2016 refug…
Back to the Future: Australian Border Policing Under Labor, 2007–2013
This article analyses the border policies of australia's federal Labor governments between 2007 and 2013. It argues that the policies of externalization pursued by Labor inevitably led to the restoration of the Pacific Solution introduced by the previous Liberal-National Party Coalition government and reproduced similar forms of state criminality and resistance
Australian border policing: Regional 'Solutions' and Neocolonialism
Australia's punitive border policing regime, aimed at deterring asylum seekers attempting unauthorised entry into the country, was ratcheted up even further in 2013 by the former Labor-led government and its successor (as of September 2013), the Liberal National Party Coalition. In effect, under the guise of combating 'people-smuggling', and a pledge to 'Stop the Boats', policies such as the mandatory detention of unauthorised arrivals and the us…
A conducive context: Trafficking of persons in Central Asia
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, there is no doubt that migration, especially its illegal/irregular forms of trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants, has become a major international policy issue. It acts as a lightning rod at national and regional levels, illuminating practices that were previously hidden and taken for granted and, at times, igniting or fanning flames of nationalist exclusionary sentiment. In the case of Ce…
Australia's ongoing border wars
This article examines developments in Australian border policing policy since the election of a Labor government in November 2007. It argues that despite the formal cessation of the 'Pacific Solution', there are fundamental continuities in policy that ensure systemic human rights abuses by the Australian state against unauthorised refugees. In particular, attempts by the Labor government to forge a 'regional solution' have increased the risks of …
Detention, Punishment and Children's Rights: An Australian Snapshot
The principle that detention should be a measure of last resort is an important benchmark of children's rights. However, it is unclear what obligations this principle imposes upon states and little consistency in its application. The Australian experience illustrates the enduring tensions between formal commitments to the protection of children and detention practices at a state and federal level. Recent federal government immigration detention p…
Australian border policing: Regional 'Solutions' and Neocolonialism
Australia's punitive border policing regime, aimed at deterring asylum seekers attempting unauthorised entry into the country, was ratcheted up even further in 2013 by the former Labor-led government and its successor (as of September 2013), the Liberal National Party Coalition. In effect, under the guise of combating 'people-smuggling', and a pledge to 'Stop the Boats', policies such as the mandatory detention of unauthorised arrivals and the us…
Our lives is in danger: Manus Island and the end of asylum
The Australian-funded and operated immigration detention centre on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, serves as a frontline for Australia's border policing measures against unauthorised refugees. The willingness of the Australian state to forcibly transfer and detain refugees at sites such as Manus Island reflects its commitment to deterring unauthorised arrivals by punishing them for their methods of travel. Comparing the outcomes of the 2016 refug…
Back to the Future: Australian Border Policing Under Labor, 2007–2013
This article analyses the border policies of australia's federal Labor governments between 2007 and 2013. It argues that the policies of externalization pursued by Labor inevitably led to the restoration of the Pacific Solution introduced by the previous Liberal-National Party Coalition government and reproduced similar forms of state criminality and resistance
Australia's ongoing border wars
This article examines developments in Australian border policing policy since the election of a Labor government in November 2007. It argues that despite the formal cessation of the 'Pacific Solution', there are fundamental continuities in policy that ensure systemic human rights abuses by the Australian state against unauthorised refugees. In particular, attempts by the Labor government to forge a 'regional solution' have increased the risks of …
Settler-Colonial Violence, Primitive Accumulation and Australia's Genocide
This article explores ways in which state crime theory, which is predominantly based on contemporary conceptions of human rights, might be applied to settler-colonial violence and the forced dispossession of the land from Indigenous peoples. The Australian state was established through the foundational violence inherent to settler colonialism and the processes of primitive accumulation that underpinned it. This created the conditions for ongoing …
Detention, Punishment and Children's Rights: An Australian Snapshot
The principle that detention should be a measure of last resort is an important benchmark of children's rights. However, it is unclear what obligations this principle imposes upon states and little consistency in its application. The Australian experience illustrates the enduring tensions between formal commitments to the protection of children and detention practices at a state and federal level. Recent federal government immigration detention p…
A conducive context: Trafficking of persons in Central Asia
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, there is no doubt that migration, especially its illegal/irregular forms of trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants, has become a major international policy issue. It acts as a lightning rod at national and regional levels, illuminating practices that were previously hidden and taken for granted and, at times, igniting or fanning flames of nationalist exclusionary sentiment. In the case of Ce…
Australia's ongoing border wars
This article examines developments in Australian border policing policy since the election of a Labor government in November 2007. It argues that despite the formal cessation of the 'Pacific Solution', there are fundamental continuities in policy that ensure systemic human rights abuses by the Australian state against unauthorised refugees. In particular, attempts by the Labor government to forge a 'regional solution' have increased the risks of …
Back to the Future: Australian Border Policing Under Labor, 2007–2013
This article analyses the border policies of australia's federal Labor governments between 2007 and 2013. It argues that the policies of externalization pursued by Labor inevitably led to the restoration of the Pacific Solution introduced by the previous Liberal-National Party Coalition government and reproduced similar forms of state criminality and resistance
Australian border policing: Regional 'Solutions' and Neocolonialism
Australia's punitive border policing regime, aimed at deterring asylum seekers attempting unauthorised entry into the country, was ratcheted up even further in 2013 by the former Labor-led government and its successor (as of September 2013), the Liberal National Party Coalition. In effect, under the guise of combating 'people-smuggling', and a pledge to 'Stop the Boats', policies such as the mandatory detention of unauthorised arrivals and the us…
State Crime
State crime encompasses activities such as genocide, war crimes, torture, kidnapping, arbitrary detention, forced displacement, and large‐scale corruption that are organized or committed by governments, state agencies, or other entities (such as paramilitary organizations) acting on their behalf. These constitute the most serious and devastating forms of crime and often impact on entire communities. Criminologists traditionally have focused on th…
Our lives is in danger: Manus Island and the end of asylum
The Australian-funded and operated immigration detention centre on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, serves as a frontline for Australia's border policing measures against unauthorised refugees. The willingness of the Australian state to forcibly transfer and detain refugees at sites such as Manus Island reflects its commitment to deterring unauthorised arrivals by punishing them for their methods of travel. Comparing the outcomes of the 2016 refug…
Settler-Colonial Violence, Primitive Accumulation and Australia's Genocide
This article explores ways in which state crime theory, which is predominantly based on contemporary conceptions of human rights, might be applied to settler-colonial violence and the forced dispossession of the land from Indigenous peoples. The Australian state was established through the foundational violence inherent to settler colonialism and the processes of primitive accumulation that underpinned it. This created the conditions for ongoing …
Mapping the Contours of State Crime and Colonialism
The Birthday Party
The Opportunity
Political science (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Criminology (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (4 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (4 works) · State (computer science (4 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (3 works) · Government (linguistics (3 works)