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Yesufu, S. (2013). Discriminatory Use of Police Stop-and-Search Powers in London, UK. International Journal of Police Science & Management, 15(4), 281-293.
discrimination, police, prejudice, racism, stop and search
This paper has three purposes: first, to highlight the history of police abuses of power in relation to dealing with…
Read moreTiratelli, M., Quinton, P., & Bradford, B. (2018). Does Stop and Search Deter Crime? Evidence From Ten Years of London-wide Data. The British Journal of Criminology, 58(5), 1212-1231.
deterrence, policing, stop and search
In this article, we used ten years of police, crime and other data from London to investigate the potential effect…
Read moreWaddington, P., Stenson, K., & Don, D. (2004). In proportion – Race, and police stop and search. British Journal Of Criminology, 44(6), 889-914.
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This article examines the view, expressed authoritatively in the Macpherson report (1999), that racial disproportionality in police stop and search…
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 moreStone, V., & Pettigrew, N. (2000). The views of the public on stops and searches. London, England: Home Office, Policing and Reducing Crime Unit, Research, Development and Statistics Directorate
The fieldwork comprised face-to-face depth interviews with 55 individuals stopped or searched by the police during the pilot and discussion…
Read moreRowe, M., Turner, E. and Pearson, G. (2016), ‘Learning and Practicing Police Craft’, Journal of Organizational Ethnography, 5(3), pp 276-286.
craft, Ethnography, policing, professional education, professionalization
The authors consider current policy debates in the UK about the professionalisation of the police to respond to changing patterns…
Read moreRowe, M., Pearson, G., & Turner, E. (2017). Body-worn cameras and the law of unintended consequences: Some questions arising from emergent practices. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 12(1), 83-90.
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Research on body-worn cameras (BWC) has tended, through evaluations or randomized controlled trials, to look to demonstrate some assumed benefit…
Read moreQuinton, P., & Great Britain. Home Office. Research, Development Statistics Directorate. (2004). The views of the public on the phased implementation of recording police stops : In response to recommendation 61 of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry (Home Office development and practice report ; 22). London: Home Office Research, Development and Statistice Directorate.
Community relations, England & Wales, police, stop and searches
The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry recommended that all stops (as well as searches) should be recorded by the police and a…
Read moreQuinton, P., Olagundoye, J., & Great Britain. Home Office. Research, Development Statistics Directorate. (2004). An evaluation of the phased implementation of the recording of police stops : In response to recommendation 61 of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry (Home Office development and practice report ; 23). London: Home Office Research, Development and Statistice Directorate.
Community relations, England & Wales, police, stop and searches
The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry recommended that all stops (as well as searches) should be recorded by the police and a…
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