This seminar examined debates around refugees and assylum seekers, looking at the processes of criminalisation that have been adopted; and the role of racism and rhetoric in those debates.

This seminar marked the launch of "Refugee issues and criminology", Special Issue of Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Vol 14, No 1 (July) 2002.

Venue: Minter Ellison rooms, level 13, Sydney University Law School, 173-175 Phillip St, Sydney

Chair: Dr Ghassan Hage, Anthropology Department, University of Sydney

Speakers:
Associate Professor Chris Cunneen, Director, Institute of Criminology
Ms Paula Abood, Refugee advocate and activist
Ms Jacqui Everett, Edmund Rice Centre
Dr Sharon Pickering, Justice Studies, Charles Sturt University
Associate Professor Scott Poynting, School of Humanities, University of Western Sydney

Commentator: Ms Margaret Piper, Refugee Council of NSW

The Special Issue of Current Issues in Criminal Justice, vol 14 no 1, "Refugee issues and criminology" can be ordered from the Institute of Criminology.