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Oberwittler 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.
discrimination, minorities, police, police stops
None. But: "Police initiated contact is a common experience for many adolescents in France and Germany, yet while police in…
Read moreYunliang Meng. (2017). Profiling minorities: Police stop and search practices in Toronto, Canada. Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 11(1), 5-23.
Black youth, GIS, police stops, Toronto.
This paper explores police stop and search practices in Toronto using the 2003-2012 data from Toronto Police Service. The findings…
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.
experiencing, intersectionality, minorities, police stops, youth
This article focuses on the perspectives of young ethnic minorities in the Nordic countries who have experienced various forms of…
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 moreRosenfeld, R., & Fornango, R. (2014). The impact of police stops on precinct robbery and burglary rates in New York City, 2003-2010. Justice Quarterly, 31(1), 96-122.
crime rates, police stops
New York City experienced a dramatic reduction in crime during the 1990s and continuing through the first decade of the…
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 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…
Read moreGelman, A., Fagan, J., & Kiss, A. (2007). An analysis of the New York City police department’s “stop-and-frisk” policy in the context of claims of racial bias. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 102(479), 813-823.
Criminology, hierarchical model, multilevel model, police stops, racial bias
Recent studies by police departments and researchers confirm that police stop racial and ethnic minority citizens more often than whites,…
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