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Murray, K., & Harkin, D. (2017). Policing in Cool and Hot Climates: Legitimacy, Power and the Rise and Fall of Mass Stop and Search in Scotland. British Journal Of Criminology, 57(4), 885-905.
police accountability, police legitimacy, Scottish policing, stop and search
Prior to the amalgamation of Scotland’s eight police forces into Police Scotland in 2013 by the Scottish National Party government,…
Read moreMiller, J. (2010). Stop and Search in England: A Reformed Tactic or Business as Usual? The British Journal of Criminology, 50(5), 954-974.
disproportionality, police accountability, police reform, Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, stop and search
In 1999, the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry heavily criticized ethnic disparities in stop and search (‘disproportionality’), triggering a national reform effort…
Read moreLennon, G., & Murray, K. (2018). Under-regulated and unaccountable? Explaining variation in stop and search rates in Scotland, England and Wales. Policing and Society, 28(2), 157-174.
legal rules, police accountability, police discretion, stop and search
ABSTRACT From a position of near parity in 2005/2006, by 2012/2013 recorded search rates in Scotland exceeded those in England/Wales…
Read moreLennon, G. (2016). Stop and search powers in UK terrorism investigations: A limited judicial oversight? †. The International Journal of Human Rights, 20(5), 634-648.
counter-terrorism, Human rights, policing powers, precaution, stop and search
At the pre-trial stage of counter-terrorist investigations, an ‘Anglo-Saxon’ indulgence towards street-level policing powers has been brought to task by…
Read moreIp, J. (2017). The Legality of ‘suspicionless’ Stop and Search Powers under the European Convention on Human Rights. Human Rights Law Review, 17(3), 523-544.
‘suspicionless’ powers, Article 8 European Convention on Human Rights, Schedule 7 Terrorism Act 2000 (UK), section 60 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (UK), stop and search, terrorism, United Kingdom
Legal analysis of UK terrorism Acts that permit suspicionless stop and search.
Read moreHer Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary. (2013). Stop and search powers: Are the police using them effectively and fairly?
effectivity, Justice, stop and search, Survey
Survey of 19,078 people across England and Wales about their opinions of the use of stop and search powers. Survey…
Read moreFlacks, S. (2018). Law, necropolitics and the stop and search of young people. Theoretical Criminology, 136248061877403.
Michel Foucault, police and policing, race and class, stop and search, youth
Stop and search can harm young people, damage relations between police and the community and alienate ethnic and racial minorities.…
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…
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…
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