Racial stratification and multiple outcomes in police stops and searches

The present study explores ethnic differences in stop-and-search outcomes. It uses data from 53,858 stop-and-search incidents recorded by a United Kingdom police force. Prior studies often focused on single outcomes – notably, arrests – and based on a binary majority-versus-minority categorisation o...

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Main Author: Ariel, Barak (Author)
Contributors: Tankebe, Justice
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Policing and society
Year: 2018, Volume: 28, Issue: 5, Pages: 5-25
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Keywords:
Stratification
Stop-and-search
Ethnicity
Formal warnings
Arrest

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