This book, for the first time, provided a comprehensive criminological study of the police service, described by the police themselves. Her major contribution is the term “the police gaze”, namely that the police are trained to look for something that deviates from the norm. She addresses the “stop and search” practice seen from the police.
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International conference POLICE STOPS ACROSS EUROPE (28 February 2023, The Hague, The Netherlands)
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For more than four years, our EU COST funded network on Police Stops has been gathering information, hearing from experts…
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Workshop 'Registration of police stops and ethnicity and defining the police stop' 31 Aug - 2 Sept 2022
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In line with our project’s ambition to share learning and explore the issue police stops across Europe, we are organising…
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CfP European Journal of Policing Studies - Special Issue: The Dynamics of Police Stops
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European Journal of Policing Studies Special Issue: The Dynamics of Police Stops Guest editors: Mike Rowe Sofie de Kimpe Vincenzo…
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Polstops Newsletter n4 (June 2022)
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At last, we have been able to meet again. And we can now begin to identify what we have missed…
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