Document Types Article

Jobard, F., & Lévy, R. (2011). Racial profiling: The Parisian police experience. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 53(1), 87-93.

racial profiling, registration

The controversy over racial profiling in policing that is explored within the pages of the Canadian Journal of Criminology and…

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Johnson, R. R. (2004). Citizen expectations of police traffic stop behavior. Policing, 27(4), 487-497.

Community relations, Interpersonal communications, police, Traffic enforcement

The most frequent type of citizen complaint filed against police officers involves how the officer uses interpersonal communication. The most…

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Kääriäinen, J. & Niemi, J. (2014). Distrust of the police in a Nordic Welfare State: Victimization, Discrimination, and Trust in the Police by Russian and Somali Minorities in Helsinki. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 12(1), 4-24

 Finland,  Russians,  Somalis, minorities, police, Trust

This study focuses on trust in the police among Russian and Somali minorities living in Finland. Three hypotheses are tested:…

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Kyvsgaard, B. (2001). “Kriminalitet, retshaandhaevelse og etniske minoriteter.” Juristen.

criminal justice system, ethnic minorities, majority population

It is well known that people with a foreign ethnic background are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. The difference…

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Lalander, P. (2017). Staging “Chileanness”: Ethnicity, illegal drug economy and social structures. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 24(3), 240-247. doi:10.1080/09687637.2016.1264371

 culture,  drug dealing,  economy,  illegal,  staged,  street, ethnicity, Ethnography

Aim: Following a group of young men with Chilean background living in a Swedish territorially stigmatised area, the author analyses…

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Henry, T. K. S., & Franklin, T. W. (2017). Police Legitimacy in the Context of Street Stops: The Effects of Race, Class, and Procedural Justice. Criminal Justice Policy Review

Justice, Police strategy, race

Citizens’ perceptions of the police have been recognized as a long-standing issue of significant importance. Positive perceptions of the police,…

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Holdaway, S., & O’Neill, M. (2006). Institutional racism after Macpherson: an analysis of police views. Policing & society, 16(4), 349-369.

Institutional racism, Lawrence, Macpherson, police, race, race relations

Lord Macpherson’s definition of institutional racism was central to his report about the police investigation into the murder of Stephen…

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