Governing Police Stops Across Europe

This book takes a critical and comparative approach to the analysis of the governance of police stops across Europe. It draws on an EU COST Action research network on Police Stops which engaged academics and practitioners from 29 countries to better understand the practice of police stops. It begins by examining how police stops are defined and the various legal rules and levels of accountability afforded. The chapters are arranged by theme to focus on a core aspect of the governance of police stops. These include: legal frameworks and police discretion; internal governance; external accountability and civilian oversight; possibilities for legal recourse; and the different roles of data and technology. Each compares the distinct approaches evident across Europe, often employing case studies. The book adopts a critical approach, acknowledging governance as contested and involving diverse (state, non-state and supranational) actors. It considers implications for policing in a rapidly changing environment globally.

Takes a comparative and thematic approach throughout to examine distinct approaches to police stops across Europe Fills a gap in the stop and search literature by focussing on Europe A companion book to The Politicization of Police Stops (de Maillard et al.)

Autorentext

Elizabeth Aston is Professor of Criminology at Edinburgh Napier University, UK, and the Director of the Scottish Institute for Policing Research.

Sofie De Kimpe is full time Professor of Criminology at the Department of Criminology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium and was Chair of the EU COST Action on Police Stops.

János Fazekas is Associate Professor at ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary. He was co-leader of the Governance Working Group of the EU COST Action on Police Stops.

Genevieve Lennon is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Strathclyde, UK. She was co-leader of the Governance Working Group of the EU COST Action Police Stops.
Mike Rowe is Lecturer in Public Sector Management at the University of Liverpool, UK, and was Vice Chair of the EU COST Action on Police Stops.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Police Stops: a comparative perspective on governance.- Chapter 2: Stop in the name of the law: the legal regulation of police stops in Europe.- Chapter 3: Internal Governance of police stops: an unresolvable challenge?.- Chapter 4: External accountability: the limited influence of oversight bodies on the governance of police stops.- Chapter 5: Civil oversight practices in Europe: exploring the impact of civil movement against police stops.- Chapter 6: Legal remedies for victims of unlawful police stops: European and domestic contexts.- Chapter 7: The role of data in enhancing the governance of Police Stops in Europe.- Chapter 8: The possibilities and pitfalls of the use of accountability technologies in the governance of police stops.- Chapter 9: Conclusion: the three levels of governance of police stops.