Suss, Joel and Oliveira, Thiago (2022) Does economic inequality fuel stop and search by the police? Evidence from London suggests the answer is ‘Yes'. British Politics and Policy at LSE (06 Oct 2022). Blog Entry.
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Abstract
Police officers more frequently stop and search members of the public in neighbourhoods where well-off and economically precarious people co-exist. Joel H. Suss and Thiago R. Oliveira show that this pattern holds up even when accounting for other important factors, such as previous local crime rates and a neighbourhood’s ethnic makeup. Although the evidence is that stop and search activity does little to reduce crime, the police persist with the practice in order to maintain social order.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Blog Entry) |
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| Official URL: | https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Methodology |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2022 09:36 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 14:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/117328 |
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