Examining the ‘National Risk Assessment for Detention’ process: an intersectional analysis of detaining ‘dangerousness’ in Canada

Stephanie J. Silverman; Esra Stephanie Kaytaz

doi:10.1080/1369183X.2020.1841613

Examining the ‘National Risk Assessment for Detention’ process: an intersectional analysis of detaining ‘dangerousness’ in Canada

Stephanie J. Silverman, Esra Stephanie Kaytaz

York University

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Abstract

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers use the National Risk Assessment for Detention (NRAD) process to evaluate the ‘riskiness’ of immigration detainees. The NRAD’s key tool is a 2-page document laying out ‘risk factors’ with corresponding points that add up to scores of ‘dangerousness’ allegedly posed by non-citizens. CBSA officers then recommend detention in either a provincial prison or a lower security ‘immigration holding centre’. In a national context of no legislated upper time limits on detention periods, and where telephonic and other access to incarceration sites is impeded, the NRAD form’s outcome portends serious, long-term consequences.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	693-709
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Volume	48
Issue number	3
Early online date	10 Nov 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1841613
Publication status	Published - 17 Feb 2022

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Keywords

administrative decision-making
Canada
criminalisation
Immigration detention
racialisation
risk assessment

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Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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Examining the ‘National Risk Assessment for Detention’ process: an intersectional analysis of detaining ‘dangerousness’ in Canada

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