Inrecentyears,manybreachesofimmigrationlawhavebeencriminalised.Foreignnationalsarenowroutinelyidentifiedincourtandinprisonassubjectsfordeportation.Policeattheborderandwithintheterritoryreferforeignsuspectstoimmigrationauthoritiesforexpulsion.Withintheimmigrationsystem,newinstitutionsandpracticesrelyoncriminaljusticelogicandmethods.Intheseexamples,itisnotthestatethatcontrolsthenationalborder:instead,itisoftenprivatelycontractedcompanies.Thiscollectionofessaysexploresthegrowinguseoftheprivatesectorandprivateactorsinbordercontrolanditsimplicationsforourunderstandingofstatesovereigntyandcitizenship.PrivatisingBorderControlisanimportantempiricalandtheoreticalcontributiontothegrowing,interdisciplinarybodyofscholarshiponbordercontrol.Italsocontributestotheacademicinquiryintothegrowingprivatisationofpolicingandpunishment.Thesedomains,onceregardedascentraltothestate’spolicepoweranditsmonopolyonviolence,areincreasinglyoutsourcedtoprivateproviders.Withcontributionsfromscholarsacrossarangeofjurisdictionsanddisciplines,includingCriminology,Law,andPoliticalScience,PrivatisingBorderControlprovidesanovelandcomparativeaccountofcontemporarybordercontrolpolicyandpractice.Thisisamust-readforacademics,practitioners,andpolicymakersinterestedinimmigrationlawandthegrowinguseoftheprivatesectorandprivateactorsinbordercontrol.
