The Politicization of Police Stops in Europe

This book examines the timely issue of police stops as a public and political issue, focussing on the European states. Contrary to much other work it focuses on wider Europe and the social and political context in which the police practice of stopping citizens emerges, develops and can be curtailed. More specifically, the volume analyses public controversies about police stops, i.e. events in which conflicts emerge about how the performance of police stops is explained and justified. This book stems from an EU COST Action research network on Police Stops which engages academics and practitioners from 29 countries. It appeals to those in law, criminology and policing studies with some potential for wider interest in cultural studies/history and public policy/politics, as well as to practitioners in police scrutiny, oversight and other professional bodies and in training organisations.

Focusses on the social and political contexts of police stops Stems from an EU COST Action research network on Police Stops Pays particular attention to racial and ethnic profiling

Auteur

Jacques de Maillard is Professor of Political Science at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin, France, and of the Cesdip (Centre for sociological research on penal institutions), an interdisciplinary research center specialised on criminal justice issues.Kristof Verfaillie is Lecturer in Criminology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. His current research focuses on the relationships between democracy, politics and crime control, focusing specifically on the effects of counterterrorism policies.

Mike Rowe is Lecturer in Public sector Management at the University of Liverpool UK, and Vice Chair of the EU COST Action on Police Stops. His recent research has been a long-term ethnographic study of police discretion and has recently published Police Street Powers and Criminal Justice with Geoff Pearson.

Texte du rabat

This book examines the timely issue of police stops as a public and political issue, focussing on the European states. Contrary to much other work it focuses on wider Europe and the social and political context in which the police practice of stopping citizens emerges, develops and can be curtailed. More specifically, the volume analyses public controversies about police stops, i.e. events in which conflicts emerge about how the performance of police stops is explained and justified. This book stems from an EU COST Action research network on Police Stops which engages academics and practitioners from 29 countries. It appeals to those in law, criminology and policing studies with some potential for wider interest in cultural studies/history and public policy/politics, as well as to practitioners in police scrutiny, oversight and other professional bodies and in training organisations.

Contenu
Chapter 1- Police stops in Europe: a citadel under siege, but still standing.- Part 1. Police stops, protest and the democratisation process.- Chapter 2 -The rise of Police stops as a public issue in twenty-first century Poland.- Chapter 3 -The issue of police stops in Croatia.- Chapter 4 - Police stops in Hungary: in the light of public debates and media coverage.- Chapter 5 - Policing migration, protest and sovereignty: the politicisation of stop & search practices in Spain.- Part 2 Ethnic profiling in European countries. -Chapter 6 - Contrôles au faciès in France: From denial to recognition to inaction.- Chapter 7- Human Rights, Criminalisation of Migrants and Racism Debates: Public Discussions about Police Stops and Ethnic Profiling in Finland.- Chapter 8 - Police identity checks in Belgium: a critical media content analysis.- Chapter 9 - Police stops in Norway: public controversies and minority status.- Part 3 - Political debates, limitation and extensions of police powers.- Chapter 10 - The power of a stooshie: Learning the lessons of stop and search in Scotland for implementing organisational change in policing.- Chapter 11 -Contextualising police stops ion public debates: policy turning points in Germany.- Chapter 12 - The Politics of Stop & Search in the Netherlands: a process of juridification.- Chapter 13 - Police Stop and Search Practices in Austria.- Chapter 14 - Regulating Stop-and-Search in England and Wales: public controversy as a catalyst for control.