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Vanassche, N. & A. Verhage (2015) Racisme en etnisch profileren door politie: in België? Cahiers Politiestudies, 35-58
Belgium, Ethnic minority youth, Ethnic profiling, police, racism
The authors examine to what extent the ethnic minority youth of Kortrijk experiences the actions of the police as racist.…
Read moreVerwee, I. (2013) De politierol bekeken door de bril van de burger. Een caleidoscoop van verwachtingen en betekenissen. Antwerpen: Maklu
citizen, police, role
Verwee examined the way in which the population describes the role of the police. She noticed big differences between population…
Read moreSaudelli, I., De Kimpe, S., & Christiaens, J. (2018). Evaluatie en regulatie van de praktijk van identiteitscontroles. Cahiers Politiestudies (Journal of Police Studies), (48), 209-226.
Identitychecks, police evaluation
De bevoegdheid tot het uitvoeren van een identiteitscontrole is een vaak toegepaste politiepraktijk. Identiteitscontroles worden geacht bij te dragen aan…
Read moreParmentier, S., & Vervaeke, G. (2011). In criminal justice we trust? A decade of public opinion research in Belgium. European Journal of Criminology, 8(4), 286–302. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477370811411460
Belgium, confidence, Criminal Justice, public opinion, Survey
Like other modern-day democracies, Belgium has in the last quarter century introduced many changes in its system for justice administration,…
Read moreLa ligue des droits de l’homme (2017) Contrôler et punir? Etude exploratoire sur le profilage ethnique dans les contrôles de police: paroles de cibles. Bruxelles: La Ligue des Droits de l’Homme.
Belgium, ethnic minorities, identity controls
In 2017, La ligue des droits de l’homme carried out research on ethnic profiling. They interrogated mainly ethnic minorities. The…
Read moreEaston, M. et al. (2009) Multiple community policing: Hoezo?. Gent: Academia Press
community policing; stop and search; identity controls, minorities
The research of Easton, et al. mainly focuses on the community policing philosophy of the Belgian police. In their report…
Read moreCraen, M. Van (2013). Explaining Majority and Minority Trust in the Police, Justice Quarterly, 30:6, 1042-1067, DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2011.649295
performance, procedural justice, social capital, minority, police, Trust
This article tests the contribution that social capital theory, performance theory, and the procedural justice-based model can make towards explaining…
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 moreAmnesty International (2018) ‘Je weet nooit met mensen zoals jij’: politiebeleid ter preventie van etnisch profileren in België. Brussel: Amnesty International.
Ethnic/racial profiling, police, registration
In 2018 Amnesty International Belgium decided to do some research into ethnic profiling by interrogating police officers. 48 police officers…
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