PUBLICATIONS

 

Single-Authored Scholarly Book

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Under Review:

Silverman, Stephanie J. The Detention Estate: Canada’s Shadow Prison System and the Future of Migration Control. (Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press).

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Edited Scholarly Book

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2015

Nethery, Amy and Stephanie J. Silverman, Eds. Immigration Detention: The Migration of a Policy and its Human Impact. (Abingdon: Routledge, paperback published in 2017).

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Special Issues of Peer-Reviewed Journals (2)

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Forthcoming:

Aiken, Sharry and Stephanie J. Silverman, Eds. Abolishing Detention: Bridging Prison and Migrant Justice, Special Issue of Citizenship Studies.

 

2012

Silverman, Stephanie J. and Evelyne Massa, Eds. (2012) Immigration Detention, Special Issue of Population, Space and Place Vol. 18, No. 6.

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Peer-reviewed Articles and Book Chapters (25)

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Forthcoming:

Silverman, Stephanie J. and Sharry Aiken. ‘DeCarceral Futures: Bridging Migrant and Prison Justice towards an Abolitionist Future’. Citizenship Studies.

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2021/In press:

Silverman, Stephanie J. ‘Springing Amir’. Migration and Society Vol. 4.

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2020

Silverman, Stephanie J. and Esra S. Kaytaz. ‘Examining the “National Risk Assessment for Detention” Process: An Intersectional Analysis of Detaining “Dangerousness" in Canada’, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Advanced Access Online.

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. ‘Canada: The Cordon Sanitaire and the Shifting Threats of the COVID-19 Pandemic’. State and civil society responses during the COVID-19 pandemic towards detention. Eds. Philips, Melissa, Vivienne Chew, and Min Yamada Park. Australia: Western Sydney University’s Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative.

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2019

Silverman, Stephanie J. 'What Habeas Corpus Can (and Cannot) Do for Immigration Detainees: Scotland v Canada and the Injustices of Imprisoning Migrants', Canadian Journal of Law and Society, 34 (01), 145 - 61.

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. and Molnar, Petra.  'Caged at the Border: Immigration Detention and the Denial of Human Rights to Asylum Seekers and Other Migrants', in Jean H. Quataert and Lora Wildenthal, Eds. The Routledge History of Human Rights (London: Routledge).

• Winner, Humanities, Media and Arts Handbook prize

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2018

Silverman, Stephanie J. 'The EU’s Hotspot Approach: Questionable Motivations and Unreachable Goals', E-International Relations (17 April).

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. 'Under the Umbrella of Administrative Law: Immigration Detention and the Challenges of Producing Just Immigration Law', APA Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy, 17 (03), 9 - 12.

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2017

Silverman, Stephanie J. and Benjamin J. Lewis. 'Families in US Immigration Detention: What Does It Mean to Do ‘The Right Thing’?', Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice, 9 (02), 95 - 115.

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. 'Alternatives to Detention', in Nanette Neuwhal and Armin Boroumand (eds.), In the Interest of the Child (Montréal: Themis Edition).

 

Mainwaring, Cetta and Stephanie J. Silverman. 'Detention-as-Spectacle', International Political Sociology, 11 (01), 21 - 38.

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2016

Silverman, Stephanie J. '“Imposter-Children” in the UK Refugee Status Determination Process', Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, 32 (03), 30 - 39.

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. and Amrita Hari. 'Troubling the Fields: Choice, Consent, and Coercion of Canada's Seasonal Agricultural Workers', International Migration, 54 (05), 91 - 104.

             

Silverman, Stephanie J. and Petra Molnar. 'Everyday Injustices: Barriers to Access to Justice for Immigration Detainees in Canada', Refugee Survey Quarterly, 35 (01), 109 - 27.

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. ‘The Difference that Detention Makes', in Alex Sager (ed.), The Ethics and Politics of Immigration: Core Issues and Emerging Trends (London: Rowman and Littlefield), 105 - 24.

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. 'Mothers Versus Texas: Ethical Problems With Local ‘Attrition Through Enforcement’ Ordinances In The United States', The Critique (January).

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. 'At any cost: the injustice of the “4 and 4 rule” in Canada', Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Migration and Mobility <http://cameronthibos.com/bts/BTS-5-Migration-and-Mobility.pdf>, accessed July.

 

Molnar, Petra and Stephanie J. Silverman. 'Cracks Where the Light Gets In: Recent Legal Breakthroughs in Detention and Crimmigration in Canada'. Metropolitics (December).

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2015

Silverman, Stephanie J. and Amy Nethery. 'Understanding immigration detention and its human impact', in Amy Nethery and Stephanie J. Silverman (eds.), Immigration Detention: The Journey of a Policy and its Human Impact (London: Routledge), 1 - 12.

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2014

Silverman, Stephanie J. 'In the Wake of Irregular Arrivals: Changes to the Canadian Immigration Detention System', Refuge: Canada's Periodical on Refugees, 30 (02).

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. 'Detaining Immigrants and Asylum Seekers: A Normative Introduction', Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 17 (05: New Challenges in Immigration Theory), 600 - 17.

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Silverman, Stephanie J. 'Internment in the United Kingdom During the Twentieth Century and Its Links to the Evolution of Immigration Detention', International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 3, 168 - 74.

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2013

Silverman, Stephanie J. 'Questions over alternatives to detention programmes', Forced Migration Review, 44 (Detention, Alternatives to Detention, and Deportation), 59 - 60.

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2012

Silverman, Stephanie J. (2012), ''Regrettable but Necessary'? A Historical Study of the UK Immigration Detention Estate and its Opposition ', Politics & Policy, 40 (6), 1131 - 57.

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. and Massa, Evelyne (2012), 'Why Immigration Detention is Unique', Population, Space and Place, 18 (06), 677 - 86.

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Refereed Working Papers (5)

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2020

Silverman, Stephanie J. and Melanie B.E., Griffiths and Peter Walsh. 'Immigration Detention in the UK', Migration Observatory Briefings (updated 29 May; also 2019, 2018, 2016, 2012, 2011, 2010

• downloaded over 50,000 times and referenced by the BBC World Service, USA Today, The Guardian, and other media sources.

 

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2016

Silverman, Stephanie J. and Lewis, Benjamin. 'Ending the Routine Use of Immigration Detention: The Moral Argument for Alternatives in the United States and Beyond', CARFMS/ACERMF Working Paper No 2016/1 (Toronto: Ryerson University), 30.

 

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2015

Silverman, Stephanie J. and Molnar, Petra. 'Unshackled Discretion: Barriers to Procedural Justice in the Canadian Immigration Detention System', Detention and Asylum Research Cluster Working Paper No 1 (York University: Refugee Research Network), 28.

 

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2012

Silverman, Stephanie J.. 'Return to the Isle of Man: The Implications of Internment for Understanding Immigration Detention in the UK', COMPAS Working Paper 12-102 (Oxford: ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society), 19.

 

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2010

Silverman, Stephanie J. 'Immigration Detention in America: A History of its Expansion and a Study of its Significance', COMPAS Working Paper 10 - 80 (Oxford: ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society), 33.

 

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Policy Brief for Government

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2019

Vives, Luna and Silverman, Stephanie J. (2019). 'Unaccompanied and Separated Migrant Children in Canada: Towards a Best Interests of the Child Framework,' Brief for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada - Policy Division.

 

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Book Reviews (8)

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2015

Silverman, Stephanie J. (2015). ‘Tom K. Wong, Rights, Deportation, and Detention in the Age of Immigration Control,’ Border Criminologies, published online January.

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2014

Silverman, Stephanie J. (2014). ‘Tings Chak, Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention,’ Transnational Social Review, Vol. 5, No. 3.

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2013

Silverman, Stephanie J. (2013). ‘Dominique Moran, Nick Gill, and Deirdre Conlon, editors, Carceral Spaces: Mobility and Agency in Imprisonment and Migrant Detention,’ Social and Cultural Geography, Vol. 16, No 7.

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2012

Silverman, Stephanie J. (2012). ‘Alexandra Hall, Border Watch,’ Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 46, No. 4.

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2011

Silverman, Stephanie J. (2011). ‘Anne McNevin, Contesting Citizenship: Irregular Migrants and New Frontiers of the Political,’ Journal of Refugee Studies, Vol. 25, No. 2.

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2010

Silverman, Stephanie J. (2010). ‘Ethan B. Kapstein, and Joel H. Rosenthal, eds, Ethics and International Relations,’ Political Studies Review Vol. 10, No. 2.

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Conference Proceedings (3)

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2011

Silverman, Stephanie J. (2011), ‘How Long is Too Long? A Preliminary Examination of the Practice of Protracted Immigration Detention in Canada.’ Proceedings of the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Graduate Research Conference (Toronto, Munk School), 12.

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. (2011), 'Child Matters: A Study of the Ethical and Practical Dilemmas of Detaining Child Immigrants in Canada', Proceedings of the “People and Politics”: Interactions Between Citizens and the State in Canada Conference (Sackville, New Brunswick: Mt Alison University), 15.

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2008

Silverman, Stephanie J. (2008) Redrawing The Lines of Control: What Political Action Undertaken by Refugees in Border Detention Centres Can Tell Us About International Politics. Proceedings of the Dead/Lines: Contemporary Issues in Legal and Politics Theory Conference (Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh), 15.

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Other Publications (Selected)

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2019

Silverman, Stephanie J. (2019). Opinion: What about the thousands of women in Canada with stories similar to Rahaf’s?. The Toronto Star, published 16 January

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2018

Silverman, Stephanie J. (10 December). The bogus demonization of the ‘migrant caravan’. The Conversation; republished in The National Post on 11 December and Culturally Modified Magazine Issue #5 on 29 January.

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. (31 August). Losing the War in order to Win the Battle? Unraveling scholarship’s approach to the ‘Windrush scandal’ and immigration detention in the United Kingdom. CARFMS Blog.

 

Molnar, Petra and Stephanie J. Silverman (05 July). Opinion: Canada needs to get out of the immigration detention business. CBC News.

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. and Petra Molnar (15 April). How Canada’s immigration detention system spurs violence against women. The Conversation; republished in The National Post on 18 April.

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. and Amy Nethery (13 March). The shameful attempt to deport a man who’s been in Canada since childhood. The Conversation; republished in UofT News on 14 March, News 24 on 21 March.

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. (25 January). Electronically monitoring migrants treats them like criminals. The Conversation; republished in The National Post on 05 February.

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2017

Molnar, Petra and Stephanie J. Silverman (20 November). Another death in immigration detention: Canada is falling short of its human rights obligations. The Hill-Times; republished in The Toronto Star.

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. and Petra Molnar (14 November). Migrants are dying in detention centres: When will Canada act? The Conversation and Maclean’s Magazine.
 

Abji, Salina, Petra Molnar and Stephanie J. Silverman (22 June). Toronto Can Easily Do More For Non-Status Children, The Huffington Post Canada.

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2016

Silverman, Stephanie J. (19 November). Rejecting ‘Nationality Swapping’ and ‘Imposter-Children’ in Refugee Politics. The New West: The Western Political Science Association Blog.

          

Silverman, Stephanie J. (08 November). We Must Not Close the Doors to Spontaneously Arriving Asylum Seekers. Centre for International Policy Studies Blog.

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2015

Silverman, Stephanie J. (16 October). What Are ‘Hotspots’? The Inevitable Rise of Detention in the Quest for Asylum Solutions in the EU. Centre for International Policy Studies Blog.

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. (30 July). The Charter Strikes Back: A Step Forward for Refugee Rights in Canada. Centre for International Policy Studies Blog.

 

Silverman, Stephanie J. (15 April). UK immigration detention: What sort of reform, and when? The London School of Economics and Political Science British Politics and Policy Blog.

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2013

Silverman, Stephanie J. (July). Changes to the Canadian Immigration Detention System. Border Criminologies.

 

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2012

Arbel, Efrat, Julianna Beaudoin, and Stephanie J. (21 December). Why Is There No Refuge for Roma Refugees?, The Huffington Post.

 

Hyndman, Jennifer and Stephanie J. Silverman (11 May) Refugees are People, Too. The Huffington Post; republished as ‘Why Immigration Detention Harms People and Doesn’t Work’, Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter June 2012