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Crofts, T. (2010). Stop and Search without Reasonable Suspicion: Is WA Becoming a Police State? Alternative Law Journal, 35(4), 199-202.
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In response to fear that violent crime is getting out of control, especially in entertainment districts, there is currently a…
Read moreDe Hert, P., & Meerschaut, K. (2007). Identiteitscontroles in rechtsvergelijkend perspectief. Moet controle op kleur worden gemeten. Orde van de dag, 40, 11-20.
discrimination, identity checks, minority status, registration of ethnic data, Young people
The use of identity checks by the police is regularly contested by groups of young people with an immigrant origin.…
Read moreDelsol, R. (2011). Stop and search – renewed powers, less accountability? Criminal Justice Matters, 86(1), 20-21.
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Discussion of PACE 30 years after the Brixton Riots in the UK. Includes discussions of how stop and search has…
Read moreDelsol, R., & Shiner, M. (2006). Regulating stop and search: A challenge for police and community relations in England and Wales. Critical Criminology, 14(3), 241-263.
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Policing in England and Wales has become increasingly contested since the 1960s and has been subject to unprecedented levels of…
Read moreDelsol, R. & M. Shiner (eds) (2015). Stop and Search: the Anatomy of a Police Power. London: Palgrave Macmillan
effectivness, policing, stop and search, Trust
This book reviews the key controversies surrounding the police power to stop and search members of the public. It explores…
Read morede Maillard, J., Hunold, D., Roché, S., & Oberwittler, D. (2018). Different styles of policing: discretionary power in street controls by the public police in France and Germany. Policing and society, 28(2), 175-188.
comparison, discrimination, police, proactive policing, stop and search, street policing
By analysing French and German police stop and search on the streets based on embedded observations in police patrols and…
Read moreBorooah, V. (2011). Racial Disparity in Police Stop and Searches in England and Wales. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 27(4), 453-473.
Data published by the United Kingdom’s Ministry for Justice clearly shows that, compared to persons who were White, members of…
Read moreBowling, B., & Phillips, C. (2007). Disproportionate and Discriminatory: Reviewing the Evidence on Police Stop and Search. Modern Law Review, 70(6), 936-961.
Criminal Justice, Police Powers, Racism Racial Discrimination, stop and search
Eight years after the Lawrence Inquiry, the question of police powers to stop and search people in public places remains…
Read moreBowling, B. (2008). Zero policy: Critiques the commitment to ‘zero tolerance’ arguing that it sanctions police abuse of stop-and-search powers. Criminal Justice Matters, 71(1), 6-7.
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Discussion of 'zero tolerance' styles of policing into political agenda
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