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Hargreaves, J. (2018). Police Stop and Search Within British Muslim Communities: Evidence From the Crime Survey 2006–11. The British Journal of Criminology, 58(6), 1281-1302.
communities, British, Crime Survey data, Muslim, police, search, stop
This article discusses police stop and search within British Muslim communities and reports the analysis of statistical data collected by…
Read moreFinstad, L. (2018). Hva er politi? [What is police?]. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget
police, racialized profiling, stop and search
Chapter 4: Discussing "Guilty until proven innocent? On stop and search on potential suspects". This is a particularly useful reference…
Read moreFlacks, S. (2017). The stop and search of minors: A ‘vital police tool’? Criminology & Criminal Justice, 1748895817720485. doi:10.1177/1748895817720485
policing, public space, race, stop and search, youth
Police stop and search powers have been widely criticized for the disproportionate manner in which members of black and ethnic…
Read moreFlacks, S. (2018). The stop and search of minors: A ‘vital police tool’? Criminology & Criminal Justice, 18(3), 364-384.
policing, public space, race, stop and search, youth
Police stop and search powers have been widely criticized for the disproportionate manner in which members of black and ethnic…
Read moreFlacks, S. (2018). Law, necropolitics and the stop and search of young people. Theoretical Criminology, 136248061877403.
Michel Foucault, police and policing, race and class, stop and search, youth
Stop and search can harm young people, damage relations between police and the community and alienate ethnic and racial minorities.…
Read moreFlexon, J. L., Greenleaf, R. G., Dariano, D. S., & Gibson, D. (2016). An examination of police stops and youths’ attitudes toward police: Do interracial encounters matter?. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 14(1), 21-39.
Attitudes toward police, Black youth, interracial stops, White police
Little is known about how police–youth experiences influence adolescents’ views toward police, particularly when the officer is White and the…
Read moreFrantzen, E. (2001). Metadonmakt : møte mellom narkotikabrukere og norsk metadonpolitikk [Methadon power: Linking methadon users and the Norwegian Methadon politics]. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget
Drug users, methadon, police stop and searches
The author conducted a three-year fieldwork with methadone users and their meetings with both health services and the police. In…
Read moreGarcía Añón, J., Bradford, B., García Sáez, J.A., Gascón Cuenca, A., y Llorente Ferreres, A. (2013). Identificación policial por perfil étnico en España. Informe sobre experiencias y actitudes en relación con las actuaciones policiales. Tirant lo Blanch. Valencia. https://www.uv.es/garciaj/pub/2013_perfil_etnico.pdf
ethnic minorities, Experience police stops, police registry
The aim of this study is the analysis of data from two surveys conducted by Metroscopia with the support of…
Read moreEllis, D. (2012). Stop and Search: Disproportionality, Discretion and Generalisations. The Police Journal, 83(3), 1-18.
discretion, intuition, reasonable suspicion, stop and search, suspicion
It has long been recognised that discretion is vital to good police work. However, in Britain (and many other countries),…
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