Police stop and search: How academics can help forces to get their tactics right

O'Neill, Megan; Aston, Elizabeth

Abstract

With knife crime rising, the controversy over the use and benefits of stop and search takes on greater urgency. Dr Megan O'Neill of the University of Dundee and Dr Liz Aston of Edinburgh Napier University explain how stop and search was transformed in Scotland by police and academics working together.

Citation

O'Neill, M., & Aston, E. (2019). Police stop and search: How academics can help forces to get their tactics right. [https://policinginsight.com/features/opinion/police-stop-and-search-how-academics-can-help-forces-to-get-their-tactics-right/]

• Other Type: Other
• Online Publication Date: May 13, 2019
• Publication Date: May 13, 2019
• Deposit Date: Mar 29, 2022
• Keywords: stop search
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2859210
• Related Public URLs: https://policinginsight.com/features/opinion/police-stop-and-search-how-academics-can-help-forces-to-get-their-tactics-right/