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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 moreYunliang Meng. (2017). Profiling minorities: Police stop and search practices in Toronto, Canada. Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 11(1), 5-23.
Black youth, GIS, police stops, Toronto.
This paper explores police stop and search practices in Toronto using the 2003-2012 data from Toronto Police Service. The findings…
Read moreZagórski J., Zatrzymanie przez Policję oraz umieszczenie w policyjnych izbach zatrzymań (2004). Państwo i Prawo, , 84-97
police premises for arrested persons, stop
The article describes the aims, grounds and procedure related to stop regulated by the Police Act. The author focuses also…
Read morede Maillard, J. (2019). Les contrôles d’identité, entre politiques policières, pratiques professionnelles et effets sociaux. Un état critique des connaissances. Champ pénal/Penal Field, Vol. 16.
delinquency, discrimination, police, stop and search, Trust
The purpose of this article is to propose a critical state of knowledge on control practices and policies and their…
Read morede Maillard, J., Zagrodzki, M. (2017). Styles de police et légitimité policière. La question des contrôles. Droit et Société, n°97, p. 485-501.
Police – Police and public relationship – Police legitimacy – Police organization – Policing styles – Stop and search – Street policing
Policing styles are reflected in law enforcement agencies’ methods, deci- sions, and priorities. Based on an ethnographic study of police…
Read moreNicolas Jounin et al. (2015). Le faciès du contrôle. Contrôles d’identité, apparence et modes de vie des étudiant(e)s en Île-de-France. Déviance et Société (Vol. 39), p. 3-29
appearance, discrimination, ID checks, police, race, racism
Based on a quantitative survey among students, this article looks at the way police offi- cers carry out stops and…
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 moreTyler, T. R., Fagan, J., & Geller, A. (2014). Street stops and police legitimacy: Teachable moments in young urban men’s legal socialization. Journal of empirical legal studies, 11(4), 751-785.
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An examination of the influence of street stops on the legal socialization of young men showed an association between the…
Read moreTyler, T. R., Jackson, J., & Mentovich, A. (2015). The consequences of being an object of suspicion: Potential pitfalls of proactive police contact. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 12(4), 602-636.
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During the latter half of the 20 century American policing became more professional (Skogan & Frydl, 2004) and the rate…
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