Louise Boon-Kuo

Dr Louise Boon-Kuo researches in the areas of border control, criminalisation, race, and citizenship. She is particularly interested in the way in which laws construct and justify state responsibility for the violent impacts of border control. Louise undertakes research on border policing within the nation, as well as its transnational and international manifestations. Louise is author of Policing Undocumented Migrants: Law, Violence and Responsibility (2018, Routledge), and the book review editor for Current Issues in Criminal Justice. Louise is a member of the Sydney Asia Pacific Migration Centre and the Sydney Institute of Criminology.