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Waddington, 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 morePetrocelli, Piquero, & Smith. (2003). Conflict theory and racial profiling: An empirical analysis of police traffic stop data. Journal of Criminal Justice, 31(1), 1-11.
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Using data collected by the Richmond, Virginia Police Department, this article applies conflict theory to police traffic stop practices. In…
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 moreBelur, J. (2011). Police stop and search in India: Mumbai nakabandi. Policing and Society, 21(4), 420-431.
Mumbai police; nakabandi; stop and search; India
The Indian police have wide discretionary powers of stop and search. One peculiar and regular manifestation of this power is…
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