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Fabien Jobard et al. (2012). Measuring Appearance-Based Discrimination: an Analysis of Identity Checks in Paris. Population (Vol. 67), p. 423-451
This article sets out the main results of a survey conducted by the Centre for Sociological Research on Law and…
Read moreOberwittler D., Roché S. (2018). Ethnic disparities in police-initiated contacts of adloscents and attitudes towards the police in France and Germany. In Oberwittler D., Roché S. (Eds.), Police-citizen relations across the world. Comparing sources and contexts of trust and legitimacy, Abingdon, Routledge, 73-107.
None. But: "Police initiated contact is a common experience for many adolescents in France and Germany, yet while police in…
Read moreSolhjell, R., Saarikkomäki, E. Haller, M.B., Wästerfors, D. & Kolind, T. (2018) “We are seen as a threat”: Police stops of young ethnic minorities in the Nordic countries. Critical Criminology, 1-15.
This article focuses on the perspectives of young ethnic minorities in the Nordic countries who have experienced various forms of…
Read moreLegewie, J. (2016). Racial profiling and use of force in police stops: How local events trigger periods of increased discrimination. American Journal of Sociology, 122(2), 379-424.
Racial profiling and the disproportionate use of police force are controversial political issues. I argue that racial bias in the…
Read moreKääriäinen, J. & Niemi, J. (2014). Distrust of the police in a Nordic Welfare State: Victimization, Discrimination, and Trust in the Police by Russian and Somali Minorities in Helsinki. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 12(1), 4-24
This study focuses on trust in the police among Russian and Somali minorities living in Finland. Three hypotheses are tested:…
Read moreHolmberg, L., & Kyvsgaard, B. (2003). Are immigrants and their descendants discriminated against in the Danish criminal justice system? . Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention, 4, 125–142.
The study presents Danish data from 2000 showing disparities between persons with a Danish background and persons with a foreign…
Read moreEaston, M. et al. (2009) Multiple community policing: Hoezo?. Gent: Academia Press
The research of Easton, et al. mainly focuses on the community policing philosophy of the Belgian police. In their report…
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