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Holmberg, L. (2000). “Discretionary Leniency and Typological Guilt: Results from a Danish Study of Police Discretion.” Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention 1(2): 179-194.
discretion, discrimination, police decisions
Results from a qualitative study of police discretion in Denmark are presented. The aim of the study was to investigate…
Read moreDe Hert, P., & Meerschaut, K. (2007). Identiteitscontroles in rechtsvergelijkend perspectief. Moet controle op kleur worden gemeten. Orde van de dag, 40, 11-20.
discrimination, identity checks, minority status, registration of ethnic data, Young people
The use of identity checks by the police is regularly contested by groups of young people with an immigrant origin.…
Read morede Maillard, J., Hunold, D., Roché, S., & Oberwittler, D. (2018). Different styles of policing: discretionary power in street controls by the public police in France and Germany. Policing and society, 28(2), 175-188.
comparison, discrimination, police, proactive policing, stop and search, street policing
By analysing French and German police stop and search on the streets based on embedded observations in police patrols and…
Read moreBarnum, C., & Perfetti, R. (2010). Race-Sensitive Choices by Police Officers in Traffic Stop Encounters. Police Quarterly, 13(2), 180-208.
baseline, cognitive activity, cognitive bias, discrimination, disproportionality, disproportionate, minority, officer, police, race, racial, racial profiling, stereotyping, traffic analysis
This study introduces a statistical estimator that can be used to examine disproportionate traffic stop behavior of police officers. This…
Read moreArenas, L./ García-España, E. (2016). Identificaciones policiales y discriminación racial en España. Evaluación de un programa para su reducción, en Boletín Criminológico, (3) 163.
discrimination, police culture, police stop, racial profiling
According to some studies (ESS, 2010; García Añón et al, 2013), police officers treat people of different races or ethnic…
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