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Filho, A. G. (2002). Poder de Polícia e a Limitação da Liberdade Física Individual. Lisboa: Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa.
police
This Master's thesis is about yhe police powers and the limitation of individual freedom, under several points of view. This…
Read moreFabien Jobard et al. (2012). Measuring Appearance-Based Discrimination: an Analysis of Identity Checks in Paris. Population (Vol. 67), p. 423-451
discrimination, France, identity check, minorities, police, profiling
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.
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 moreYesufu, S. (2013). Discriminatory Use of Police Stop-and-Search Powers in London, UK. International Journal of Police Science & Management, 15(4), 281-293.
discrimination, police, prejudice, racism, stop and search
This paper has three purposes: first, to highlight the history of police abuses of power in relation to dealing with…
Read morede Maillard, J. (2019). Les contrôles d’identité, entre politiques policières, pratiques professionnelles et effets sociaux. Un état critique des connaissances. Champ pénal/Penal Field, Vol. 16.
delinquency, discrimination, police, stop and search, Trust
The purpose of this article is to propose a critical state of knowledge on control practices and policies and their…
Read moreNicolas Jounin et al. (2015). Le faciès du contrôle. Contrôles d’identité, apparence et modes de vie des étudiant(e)s en Île-de-France. Déviance et Société (Vol. 39), p. 3-29
appearance, discrimination, ID checks, police, race, racism
Based on a quantitative survey among students, this article looks at the way police offi- cers carry out stops and…
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 moreVerwee, I. (2013) De politierol bekeken door de bril van de burger. Een caleidoscoop van verwachtingen en betekenissen. Antwerpen: Maklu
citizen, police, role
Verwee examined the way in which the population describes the role of the police. She noticed big differences between population…
Read moreSaarikkomäki, E. (2017). Trust in public and private policing: Young people’s encounters with the police and private security guards. PhD thesis. University of Helsinki
procedural justice, Labelling, police, private security, Trust, Young people
While general trust in the police is high in Finland, young people’s encounters with the police can be problematic. The…
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