RT Article
T1 In Proportion: Race, and Police Stop and Search
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 12
IS 4
SP 889
OP 914
A1 Waddington, Peter A. J. 1947-
A2 Stenson, Kevin
A2 Don, David
LA English
YR 2004
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640125337
AB This article examines the view, expressed authoritatively in the Macpherson report 1999, that racial disproportionality in police stop and search is attributable to officers selectively targeting minority groups. The research on which this article is based replicates Home Office research Miller and MVA 2000 that profiled the population available' in public places to be stopped and searched. Using a combination of data sources, this article extends that research in two directions: first, by exploring the issue of visibility and how it has an impact upon decisions to stop and search; and, secondly, by investigating whether disproportionality might arise indirectly from the way in which police direct their efforts in relation to time, place and types of motor vehicle. Finally, we discuss the implications of this research for the concept of institutional racism'
K1 Polizeikontrolle
K1 Rassendiskriminierung
K1 Evaluation
K1 Kriminologische Forschung
K1 Polizeiintervention
DO 10.1093/bjc/azh042