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Saarikkomäki, Elsa (2021). Etnisten vähemmistönuorten kokemukset virallisesta kontrollista ja leimasta. [Experiences of label and control among ethnic minority youths in Finland, Finnish Criminology Journal] Kriminologia, 1(1), 20–38. https://kriminologia.journal.fi/article/view/109018
criminological labeling theory, Ethnic profiling, police, private security, youth
Finland is characterised by the high levels of trust in the police. Recently though, discussions have been raised about ethnic…
Read moreVanassche, N. & A. Verhage (2015) Racisme en etnisch profileren door politie: in België? Cahiers Politiestudies, 35-58
Belgium, Ethnic minority youth, Ethnic profiling, police, racism
The authors examine to what extent the ethnic minority youth of Kortrijk experiences the actions of the police as racist.…
Read moreWästerfors, D. & V. B. Alm (2019) “‘They are harsher to me than to my friend who is blonde’. Police critique among ethnic minority youth in Sweden”, Journal of Youth Studies. DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2019.1592129
comparisons, identifications, discrimination, Ethnic profiling, ethnicity, racism
Young people belonging to categories and living in areas that are targeted by the police find more arguments for detailed…
Read morePływaczewski, E. (2017). Bezpieczeństwo obywateli – prawa człowieka – zrównoważony rozwój, Białystok
Ethnic profiling, new technologies in fighting crime
The study analyses conflict between human rights and modern threats to public safety, also with regard to ethnic profiling and…
Read moreMiller, J., et al. (2008). Racism and police stops: Adapting US and British debates to continental Europe. European journal of criminology, 5(2), 161-191.
disproportionality, Ethnic profiling, Institutional racism, police stops racial profiling
Findings from an international research programme on police stops in Bulgaria, Hungary and Spain are reviewed in the context of…
Read moreMiller, J.; Arenas, L.; García-España, E. (2019). Regulating Police Stops in Spain: Assessing the Transportability of a Police Reform Model en International Journal of Police Science & Management. Forthcoming.
disproportionality, Ethnic profiling, evaluation, police reform, police stops
We study how the England and Wales Model (EWM) of police stop reforms was introduced into five Spanish police agencies.…
Read moreMakaruk, E. (ed) (2011). Poczucie bezpieczeństwa obywateli w Polsce. Identyfikacja i przeciwdziałanie współczesnym zagrożeniom, Warszawa
Ethnic profiling, trust in Police
The study describes reasons of and challenges to Polish high trust in the Police. It focuses mainly on society's attitude…
Read moreKeskinen, S. P., Aminkeng Atabong, A., Himanen, M., Kivijärvi, A., Osazee, U., Rousku, V., & Pöyhölä, N. (2018). The Stopped-Ethnic profiling in Finland.
Ethnic profiling, police, private security border control, riacial profiling
This research examined ethnic profiling in Finland with a focus on its prevalence, forms and interpretations of (1) people who…
Read moreKeskinen et al. (2018). The Stopped: Spaces, Meanings and Practices of Ethnic Profiling –study. Sskh reports and discussion papers
disproportionality, Ethnic profiling, police stops
Part of a larger study. This research examined ethnic profiling in Finland with a focus on its prevalence, forms and…
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