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Saarikkomäki, Elsa, Haller, Mie Birk, Solhjell, Randi, Alvesalo-Kuusi, Anne, Kolind, Torsten, Hunt, Geoffrey & Burcar Alm, Veronika (2021). Suspected or protected? Perceptions of procedural justice in ethnic minority youth’s descriptions of police relations. Policing and Society, 31:4, 386-401, DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2020.1747462
procedural justice, ethnic minorities, Nordic countries, youth
Research has highlighted the harmful effects of targeted police practices and the subsequent low trust in the police among ethnic…
Read moreSollund, R. (2007). Tatt for en annen: En feltstudie av relasjonen mellom etniske minoriteter og politiet. [Mistaken for someone else: A field study of relations between ethnic minorities and the police]. Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk.
ethnic minorities, experiences, police stops, youth
Ragnhild Sollund (criminology) published on the topic of relations between ethnic minorities and the police through a book entitled “Mistaken…
Read moreLeon Hernandez, I. A. (2019). Embodying experiences of (in)security : exploring ethnic minority youth’s encounters with the police and policing practices in Oslo. Master thesis. Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås
ethnic minorities, experiencing police stops, security, violence
The police are a state institution with the power to coerce and maintain “order” within a society so that individuals…
Read moreKyvsgaard, 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…
Read moreLa ligue des droits de l’homme (2017) Contrôler et punir? Etude exploratoire sur le profilage ethnique dans les contrôles de police: paroles de cibles. Bruxelles: La Ligue des Droits de l’Homme.
Belgium, ethnic minorities, identity controls
In 2017, La ligue des droits de l’homme carried out research on ethnic profiling. They interrogated mainly ethnic minorities. The…
Read moreGarcía Añón, J., Bradford, B., García Sáez, J.A., Gascón Cuenca, A., y Llorente Ferreres, A. (2013). Identificación policial por perfil étnico en España. Informe sobre experiencias y actitudes en relación con las actuaciones policiales. Tirant lo Blanch. Valencia. https://www.uv.es/garciaj/pub/2013_perfil_etnico.pdf
ethnic minorities, Experience police stops, police registry
The aim of this study is the analysis of data from two surveys conducted by Metroscopia with the support of…
Read moreFassin, D. (2015) Enforcing Order: An Ethnography of Urban Policing.
disadvantaged neighborhoods, ethnic minorities, minor infractions, urban policing
Over the course of 15 months, at the time of the 2005 riots, Didier Fassin carried out an ethnographic study…
Read moreAnsel-Henry, A. J., Susanne Branner (2003). Konflikt på gadeplan. Når etnisk minoritetsungdom og politi mødes [street conflicts. When ethnic minorities meet]: 1-82. Center for ungdomsforskning, Roskilde Universitetscenter
conflict, ethnic minorities, police, street-level, Young people
The aim of this report is to illuminate the street-level meeting between young Danes with minority ethnic backgrounds and the…
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