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Hargreaves, J. (2018). Police Stop and Search Within British Muslim Communities: Evidence From the Crime Survey 2006–11. The British Journal of Criminology, 58(6), 1281-1302.
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This article discusses police stop and search within British Muslim communities and reports the analysis of statistical data collected by…
Read moreFlacks, S. (2018). Law, necropolitics and the stop and search of young people. Theoretical Criminology, 136248061877403.
Michel Foucault, police and policing, race and class, stop and search, youth
Stop and search can harm young people, damage relations between police and the community and alienate ethnic and racial minorities.…
Read moreFlacks, S. (2018). The stop and search of minors: A ‘vital police tool’? Criminology & Criminal Justice, 18(3), 364-384.
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Police stop and search powers have been widely criticized for the disproportionate manner in which members of black and ethnic…
Read moreEllis, D. (2012). Stop and Search: Disproportionality, Discretion and Generalisations. The Police Journal, 83(3), 1-18.
discretion, intuition, reasonable suspicion, stop and search, suspicion
It has long been recognised that discretion is vital to good police work. However, in Britain (and many other countries),…
Read moreDelsol, R., & Shiner, M. (2006). Regulating stop and search: A challenge for police and community relations in England and Wales. Critical Criminology, 14(3), 241-263.
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Policing in England and Wales has become increasingly contested since the 1960s and has been subject to unprecedented levels of…
Read moreDelsol, R. (2011). Stop and search – renewed powers, less accountability? Criminal Justice Matters, 86(1), 20-21.
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Discussion of PACE 30 years after the Brixton Riots in the UK. Includes discussions of how stop and search has…
Read moreBorooah, V. (2011). Racial Disparity in Police Stop and Searches in England and Wales. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 27(4), 453-473.
Data published by the United Kingdom’s Ministry for Justice clearly shows that, compared to persons who were White, members of…
Read moreBradley, J. (2018). Is stop and search a deterrent? BMJ, K2122.
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Full letter: Torjesen says that Scotland was successful in reducing knife crime by adopting a public health approach and not…
Read moreBowling, B. (2008). Zero policy: Critiques the commitment to ‘zero tolerance’ arguing that it sanctions police abuse of stop-and-search powers. Criminal Justice Matters, 71(1), 6-7.
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Discussion of 'zero tolerance' styles of policing into political agenda
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