Deportation and the Confluence of Violence Within Forensic Mental Health and Immigration Systems

The practices and technologies of evaluation and decision making used by professionals, police, lawyers and experts are questioned in this book for their participation in the perpetuation of historical forms of colonial violence through the enforcement of racial and eugenic policies and laws in Canada.

Author: Ameil J. Joseph
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 09/21/2015
Pages: 261
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781137513403

About the Author

Ameil Joseph is Assistant Professor of the School of Social Work at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He has over ten years of direct practice experience working in the mental health field in assertive community treatment, community-based early intervention, supportive housing, crisis respite, and governance settings.