Different styles of policing: discretionary power in street controls by the public police in France and Germany

By analysing French and German police stop and search on the streets based on embedded observations in police patrols and findings of a large school survey, this article comparatively questions their determinants. Control practices diverge in their frequency: the German police officers control less...

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Main Author: Maillard, Jacques de 1972- (Author)
Contributors: Oberwittler, Dietrich 1963- (Author) ; Hunold, Daniela ; Roché, Sebastian 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Policing and society
Year: 2018, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 175-188
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Discrimination
Publisher’s note
Comparison
Police
proactive policing
Stop and search
street policing
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Summary:By analysing French and German police stop and search on the streets based on embedded observations in police patrols and findings of a large school survey, this article comparatively questions their determinants. Control practices diverge in their frequency: the German police officers control less proactively than their French counterparts. The targets of controls also differ: a concentration on visible minorities is much more pervasive among the French police officers. These divergences may be explained by contrasted professional orientations, especially the importance given to the crime control agenda, and state/society relations.
ISSN:1477-2728
DOI:10.1080/10439463.2016.1194837