Conclusion – Border criminologies in the periphery: Conclusions, limitations and future research agenda

In sum, this collection has intended, first and foremost, to challenge conventional wisdom in border criminology and crimmigration studies, by broadening the analytical lens and including peripheral regions, countries, and scholars in academic conversations. More precisely, it has aimed to denaturalize widespread perspectives on bordered penality, regarding, e.g., how bordering practices are organized; if, how, and to what extent detention and deportation practices are expanding; and how macro social forces such as racialization processes, postcolonial arrangements, and anti-migration sentiments are shaping immigration enforcement policies. The chapters gathered in this collection pursue this goal by unveiling the notable diversity of migration control practices.