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Stop and Search: The Anatomy of a Police Power
Rebekah Delsol
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Description for Stop and Search: The Anatomy of a Police Power
Hardback. 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. Editor(s): Delsol, Rebekah; Shiner, Michael. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFJ; JKSW1; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
424g
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137336095
SKU
V9781137336095
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Rebekah Delsol
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.
Reviews for Stop and Search: The Anatomy of a Police Power
“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, ... Read more