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Namba, M. (2011). ‘War on Illegal Immigrants’, national narratives, and globalisation: Japanese policy and practice of police stop and question in global perspective. Policing and Society, 21(4), 432-443.
ethnicity, globalisation, immigration, Japan, national narrative, penal populism, stop and search
Polundericing, even stop and account, despite being tied to the local, has been confronted with the current pervasiveness of global…
Read moreLegewie, J. (2016). Racial profiling and use of force in police stops: How local events trigger periods of increased discrimination. American Journal of Sociology, 122(2), 379-424.
disproportinate police force, fatal shootings, minorities, racial profiling
Racial profiling and the disproportionate use of police force are controversial political issues. I argue that racial bias in the…
Read moreLennon, G. (2015). Precautionary tales: Suspicionless counter-terrorism stop and search. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 15(1), 44-62.
Human rights, policing, precautionary, terrorism, uncertainty
In recent years, there has been an increased focus on the use of the precautionary principle within counter-terrorism. To date…
Read moreLennon, G. (2016). Stop and search powers in UK terrorism investigations: A limited judicial oversight? †. The International Journal of Human Rights, 20(5), 634-648.
counter-terrorism, Human rights, policing powers, precaution, stop and search
At the pre-trial stage of counter-terrorist investigations, an ‘Anglo-Saxon’ indulgence towards street-level policing powers has been brought to task by…
Read moreLennon, G., & Murray, K. (2018). Under-regulated and unaccountable? Explaining variation in stop and search rates in Scotland, England and Wales. Policing and Society, 28(2), 157-174.
legal rules, police accountability, police discretion, stop and search
ABSTRACT From a position of near parity in 2005/2006, by 2012/2013 recorded search rates in Scotland exceeded those in England/Wales…
Read moreLeon Hernandez, I. A. (2019). Embodying experiences of (in)security : exploring ethnic minority youth’s encounters with the police and policing practices in Oslo. Master thesis. Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås
ethnic minorities, experiencing police stops, security, violence
The police are a state institution with the power to coerce and maintain “order” within a society so that individuals…
Read moreLichtenberg, I. D., & Smith, A. (2001). How dangerous are routine police–citizen traffic stops?: A research note. Journal of Criminal Justice, 29(5), 419-428.
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This note examined the danger of routine police–citizen traffic stops. The United States Supreme Court has assumed that traffic stops…
Read moreLundman, R. (2010). Are police-reported driving while Black data a valid indicator of the race and ethnicity of the traffic law violators police stop? A negative answer with minor qualifications. Journal Of Criminal Justice, 38(1), 77-87
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Are police-reported driving while Black data a valid indicator of the race and ethnicity of the drivers police stop? This…
Read moreMakaruk, E. (ed) (2011). Poczucie bezpieczeństwa obywateli w Polsce. Identyfikacja i przeciwdziałanie współczesnym zagrożeniom, Warszawa
Ethnic profiling, trust in Police
The study describes reasons of and challenges to Polish high trust in the Police. It focuses mainly on society's attitude…
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