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Stop and Search

The Anatomy of a Police Power

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Rebekah Delsol

    1. Open Society Justice Initiative, London, UK

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  2. Michael Shiner

    1. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Rebekah Delsol, Michael Shiner
    Pages 1-8

  3. The Legal Powers and their Limits

    • Lee Bridges
    Pages 9-30

  4. The Politics of the Powers

    • Michael Shiner, Rebekah Delsol
    Pages 31-56

  5. Race Disproportionality and Officer Decision-Making

    • Paul Quinton
    Pages 57-78

  6. Effectiveness

    • Rebekah Delsol
    Pages 79-101

  7. Unintended Consequences

    • Ben Bradford
    Pages 102-122

  8. Counter-Terrorism Policing

    • Tara Lai Quinlan, Zin Derfoufi
    Pages 123-145

  9. Regulation and Reform

    • Michael Shiner
    Pages 146-169

  10. Towards a Transnational and Comparative Approach

    • Ben Bowling, Estelle Marks
    Pages 170-192

  11. Conclusion

    • Rebekah Delsol, Michael Shiner
    Pages 193-196

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 197-228
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About this book

This book reviews the key controversies surrounding the police power to stop and search members of the public. It explores the history and development of these powers, assesses their effectiveness in tackling crime and their impact on public trust and confidence as well as on-going attempts at regulation and reform.

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“Delsol and Michael Shiner is a collection of work that makes an important contribution to the field of policing and ethnicity studies, social justice and crime and society. … this is an excellent book which focuses on the core issues that have been debated around stop and search for many years and uses evidence to construct those arguments.” (Imran Awan, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Open Society Justice Initiative, London, UK

    Rebekah Delsol

  • London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

    Michael Shiner

About the editors

Rebekah Delsol is the program officer for ethnic profiling at the Open Society Justice Initiative, UK.

Michael Shiner is an Associate Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

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