Police stop and search within british muslim communities$bevidence from the crime survey 2006–11

This article discusses police stop and search within British Muslim communities and reports the analysis of statistical data collected by the Crime Survey of England and Wales between 2006 and 2011. The primary aim of the article is to determine the extent to which Crime Survey data support or chall...

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Main Author: Hargreaves, Julian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 58, Issue: 6, Pages: 1281–1302
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Keywords:
British
Muslim
Communities
Police
Crime Survey data
Stop and search
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Summary:This article discusses police stop and search within British Muslim communities and reports the analysis of statistical data collected by the Crime Survey of England and Wales between 2006 and 2011. The primary aim of the article is to determine the extent to which Crime Survey data support or challenge allegations of police discrimination against British Muslim communities. The context for the study is provided by criminological literature related to the policing of British African Caribbean and British Muslim communities. The article engages with the concept of ‘institutional Islamophobia’ and represents the first known study to model large-scale police stop and search data from British Muslim communities. Overall, the findings reveal a more complex picture of police stop and search practices within these communities than might be assumed from an uncritical reading of the literature.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azy013