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Caring states? Bureaucratic care, moral ideals and emotional dilemmas in British asylum and policing

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Theoretical Criminology

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Abstract

Theoretical Criminology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 28-46, February 2026.
This article explores everyday discourses of care among public protection police officers and asylum-screening officers in Britain. Contemporary policy rhetoric of vulnerability and care commits these bureaucracies to relieve human suffering. Through ...