Affiliation:
1. Centre for Alcohol and Drug ResearchAarhus University, Copenhagen NV, Denmark
Abstract
Several studies worldwide have demonstrated that ethnic minorities are more likely to be stopped, questioned and searched by the police. In this paper, we explore how police officers themselves discuss and make sense of ethnic disparities in police stops. Based on interviews with 25 police officers in two police precincts in Denmark the paper illustrates how officers actively reflect on the (un)importance of ethnicity for policing. Findings point to how the officers both rejected that ethnicity directly mattered for who they chose to stop, as well as how they offered alternative and indirect explanations for why ethnic minorities were stopped more often.
Funder
Samfund og Erhverv, Det Frie Forskningsråd
Subject
Law,Sociology and Political Science,Anthropology
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