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Wästerfors, D. & V. B. Alm (2019) “‘They are harsher to me than to my friend who is blonde’. Police critique among ethnic minority youth in Sweden”, Journal of Youth Studies. DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2019.1592129
comparisons, identifications, discrimination, Ethnic profiling, ethnicity, racism
Young people belonging to categories and living in areas that are targeted by the police find more arguments for detailed…
Read moreWeber, L., & Bowling, B. (2011). Stop and search in global context. Policing and Society, 21(4), 353-356.
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Introduction to book of same name
Read moreWeisburd, D., Telep, C., & Lawton, B. (2014). Could Innovations in Policing have Contributed to the New York City Crime Drop even in a Period of Declining Police Strength?: The Case of Stop, Question and Frisk as a Hot Spots Policing Strategy. Justice Quarterly, 31(1), 129-153.
crime decline, hot spots policing, New York City, police innovation, question and frisk, stop
Available data make it impossible to reach strong conclusions about the role of policing in the New York crime decline.…
Read moreSearching for Change: Scottish Stop and Search Powers. (2016). Edinburgh Law Review, 20(2), 178-203.
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Dr Lennon examines the existing Scottish law relating to police stop and search powers, and offers a critique of their…
Read moreSegal, J. (2012). “All of the Mysticism of Police Expertise”: Legalizing Stop-and-Frisk in New York, 1961-1968. Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 47(2), 573-616.
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Legal analysis:" This Note narrates the familiar transition from Mapp to Terry from a novel perspective. Drawing on prescriptive literature…
Read moreSimons, D., & Schlosser, J. (2017). Inattentional blindness for a gun during a simulated police vehicle stop. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2(1), 1-8.
Attention, Awareness, Consciousness, Detection, Expertise, Inattentional blindness, Perception
People often fail to notice unexpected objects and events when they are focusing attention on something else. Most studies of…
Read moreSkogan, W. G. (1994). Contacts between police and public: Findings from the 1992 British Crime Survey. HM Stationery Office
Although earlier surveys showed a steady decline in the number of people rating police performance as very good, this decline…
Read moreSolhjell, R., Saarikkomäki, E. Haller, M.B., Wästerfors, D. & Kolind, T. (2018) “We are seen as a threat”: Police stops of young ethnic minorities in the Nordic countries. Critical Criminology, 1-15.
experiencing, intersectionality, minorities, police stops, youth
This article focuses on the perspectives of young ethnic minorities in the Nordic countries who have experienced various forms of…
Read moreSollund, R. (2006). Racialisation in police stop and search practice – the Norwegian case. Critical Criminology, 14(3), 265-292.
Ethnic Minority, Ethnic Minority Background, Ethnic Minority Group, police discretion, Police Work
This paper explores the reasons for the conflictual relationship between the police and ethnic minority men in stop and search…
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