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Hendy, R. (2022), “Suspicious minds and suspicioning: constructing suspicion during policework”, Journal of Organizational Ethnography, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 132-146. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOE-12-2020-0056
New Zealand, police practice, policing, South Australia, stop and search, suspicion
Purpose This article explores officer use of suspicion before informal police-citizen encounters as a method to further understand police officer…
Read moreTiratelli, M., Quinton, P., & Bradford, B. (2018). Does Stop and Search Deter Crime? Evidence From Ten Years of London-wide Data. The British Journal of Criminology, 58(5), 1212-1231.
deterrence, policing, stop and search
In this article, we used ten years of police, crime and other data from London to investigate the potential effect…
Read moreRengifo, A. F., & Fowler, K. (2016). Stop, question, and complain: citizen grievances against the NYPD and the opacity of police stops across New York City precincts, 2007–2013. Journal of Urban Health, 93(1), 32-41.
civilian complaints, misconduct, policing, question and frisk, stop
Data on police stops can be examined to reflect on the relative “opacity” of these encounters and how aggregate patterns…
Read moreRojek, J., Rosenfeld, R., & Decker, S. (2004). The influence of driver’s race on traffic stops in Missouri. Police Quarterly, 7(1), 126-147.
policing, population weighting, racial profiling, traffic stops
A small but growing body of research has produced several consistent findings regarding race and ethnic differences in traffic stops,…
Read moreRowe, M., Turner, E. and Pearson, G. (2016), ‘Learning and Practicing Police Craft’, Journal of Organizational Ethnography, 5(3), pp 276-286.
craft, Ethnography, policing, professional education, professionalization
The authors consider current policy debates in the UK about the professionalisation of the police to respond to changing patterns…
Read moreParmar, A. (2011). Stop and search in London: Counter-terrorist or counter-productive? Policing and Society, 21(4), 369-382.
Asian Muslims, counter-terrorist, criminalising, policing, stop and search
The principle of ‘reasonable suspicion’ aims to prevent the abuse of the police power to stop, search and arrest and…
Read moreLennon, G. (2015). Precautionary tales: Suspicionless counter-terrorism stop and search. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 15(1), 44-62.
Human rights, policing, precautionary, terrorism, uncertainty
In recent years, there has been an increased focus on the use of the precautionary principle within counter-terrorism. To date…
Read moreFlacks, S. (2017). The stop and search of minors: A ‘vital police tool’? Criminology & Criminal Justice, 1748895817720485. doi:10.1177/1748895817720485
policing, public space, race, stop and search, youth
Police stop and search powers have been widely criticized for the disproportionate manner in which members of black and ethnic…
Read moreFlacks, S. (2018). The stop and search of minors: A ‘vital police tool’? Criminology & Criminal Justice, 18(3), 364-384.
policing, public space, race, stop and search, youth
Police stop and search powers have been widely criticized for the disproportionate manner in which members of black and ethnic…
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