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Indirect Effects of Police Searches on Community Attitudes to the Police

Resentment or Reassurance

Bibliographic Data

ID8400906
AuthorsJoel Miller (0000-0001-6865-5511, United States Department of Justice, corresponding author), Amanda D’Souza
Year2016
Volume56
Issue3
Pages456-478
Publication date2016-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/bjc/azv068
OpenAlexW2210285976
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited39

We examine the effects of borough-level search rates on borough-wide attitudes to the police, within London. Analysing year-on-year variations across seven years in 32 boroughs, the study identifies very small but significant positive statistical effects of Section 60 searches (not requiring reasonable suspicion) in the prior year on perceptions of police effectiveness for the general adult population, and very small but significant negative statistical effects of Section 60 searches on perceptions of police respectfulness and responsiveness for black people and people in low socio-economic classes. However, significant findings are substantially driven by one ‘outlier’ borough with a very wide variation in Section 60 searches. Grounds-based searches (requiring reasonable suspicion) show no effects on attitudes.

Criminal justice · Criminology · Economic Justice · Miller · Political science · Resentment · Sociology · Suite · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions

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