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Quinton, 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…
Read moreQuinton, P. (2011). The formation of suspicions: Police stop and search practices in England and Wales. Policing and Society, 21(4), 357-368.
police-initiated contact; suspicion; discretion; stereotyping
This paper explores the interpretative practices of the police when carrying out stops and searches. Drawing on ethnographic research carried…
Read moreQureshi, F. (2007). The impact of extended police stop and search powers under the UK Criminal Justice Act 2003. Policing, 30(3), 466-483.
Arrest, Criminal Justice, Ethnic groups, Laws and legislation, police, United Kingdom
The introduction of the UK's Criminal Justice Act (CJA) 2003 extended police stop and search powers. It allowed officers to…
Read moreQureshi, F. (2012). Police Stop and Search in a Southern English County. The Police Journal, 1-18.
This article looks at recorded Stop and Search activity in a southern English county from April 2003 to March 2006.…
Read moreParpworth, N. (2014). Allegations of the Discriminatory Use of Stop and Search Powers before the Courts: Some Recent English and American Experiences. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, 87(2), 92-104.
stop and search; discrimination; official statistics; legal challenge; accountability
Statutory stop and search powers constitute an important weapon in the police’s armoury in the battle to prevent or detect…
Read moreParpworth, N. (2014). Reforming Police Powers of Stop And Search: Voluntary Action. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, 87(4), 234-244.
stop and search; reforms; voluntary nature; legislative threat
The police use of statutory stop and search powers is an ongoing cause for concern. Research evidence dating back a…
Read moreParmar, A. (2011). Stop and search in London: Counter-terrorist or counter-productive? Policing and Society, 21(4), 369-382.
Asian Muslims, counter-terrorist, criminalising, policing, stop and search
The principle of ‘reasonable suspicion’ aims to prevent the abuse of the police power to stop, search and arrest and…
Read moreO’Neill, M. (2015). The case for the acceptable ‘other’: The impact of partnerships, pcsos, and neighbourhood policing on diversity in policing. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 9(1), 77-88.
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Policing in England and Wales has experienced several significant events and developments since the murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993.…
Read moreNawaz, A., & Tankebe, J. (2018). Tracking Procedural Justice in Stop and Search Encounters: Coding Evidence from Body-Worn Video Cameras. Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing, 2(3), 139-163.
Procedural justice . Tracking . Body-worn video . Stop and search . Police citizen encounters
To what extent do police stop-and-search practices, as captured on officers’ body-worn video cameras, adhere to key dimensions of procedural…
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