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Stop and search: Disproportionality, discretion and generalisations (2010)
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Ellis, D. (2010). Stop and search: Disproportionality, discretion and generalisations. Police Journal, 83(3), 199-216. https://doi.org/10.1350/pojo.2010.83.3.476

It has long been recognised that discretion is vital to good police work. However, in Britain (and many other countries), practices of discretion in the stop and search context have come under much scrutiny as it has widely been linked to racist prac... Read More about Stop and search: Disproportionality, discretion and generalisations.