RT journal article
T1 Crimmigration as Electoral Strategy: The Case of Brexit
T2 “Crimigración” como estrategia electoral: El caso del Brexit
A1 Boza Martínez, Diego
A2 Derecho Internacional PúblicoPenal y Procesal
K1 Brexit
K1 crimigración
K1 discurso del odio
K1 campaña electoral
K1 inmigración
K1 crimmigration
K1 hate speech
K1 election campaign
K1 immigration
AB Immigration has become an election weapon. Some politicians disseminate a negative image of immigration to improve their electoral chances in several contexts. Rhetorically linking immigration  to  crime  was  a  strategy  utilized  to  gain  political  advantage  during  Brexit referendum. In this paper, we analysed front pages of British broadsheet newspapers and tabloids and their references to immigration in the two months preceding the referendum. We studied how these references were linked to crime and the evolution of the surveys and polls. Furthermore, we comparatively analysed the presence of immigration on front pages with other periods of time, both before and after that campaign. As a conclusion, we have been able to establish that Brexiters focused on immigration -mainly crimmigration-as a key element to win the referendum.
PB Sociedad Española de Investigación Criminológica (SEIC)
SN 1696-9219
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35167
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35167
LA eng
NO Artículo publicado en inglés. Publicado tras proceso de revisión ciega.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026