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described in this report. The case studies presented here are not intended as a currenthistorical record, but rather as a compilation of good practice that may serve as anexample of positive approaches that can be drawn on from one setting to another.The Open Society Justice Initiative bears sole responsibility for any errors ormisrepresentation.4 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Table of ContentsList of Case Studies 7Introduction 13I. Ethnic Profiling Defined 17II. A Holistic Approach to Reducing Ethnic Profiling 29III. Legal Standards and Institutional Policies to Address Ethnic Profiling 33IV. Oversight Bodies and Complaints Mechanisms 55V. Ethnic Monitoring and Law Enforcement Data-Gathering 75VI.Strategies for Reducing Ethnic Disproportionality and Improvingthe Quality of Encounters 103VII. Training 125VIII. Changing Institutional Culture 135IX. Community Outreach and Involvement 147Appendix A: Sample Stop Forms 171Appendix B: Legal Standards and Case Law 191Appendix C: Bibliography of Key Texts 199Notes 2055
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IRELANDPolicing Plan 2008The Garda
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officer misconduct more than patter
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complaints commissions that include
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These case studies also demonstrate
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used, such as those described below
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passengers at borders, although the
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UNITED KINGDOMMerseyside Police Rev
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As the above examples indicate, dat
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Research Approaches and Methodologi
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esponses, and in some cases, broad
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UNITED STATESAttitudinal Survey of
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UNITED KINGDOMThe Views of the Publ
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NORTHERN IRELANDBeyond the Margins:
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DENMARKMedia Reporting of Police St
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VI. Strategies for Reducing EthnicD
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people were stopped and valuable po
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only do so if the measure is determ
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Supervision and Oversight of Front-
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This is not to say that stop forms
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• Recording of self-defined ethni
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Prior to the ride-alongs, many Hung
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General principles of good practice
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UNITED KINGDOMMonitoring the Qualit
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GREECEProhibition of Racist Languag
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This handbook recommends that law e
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Where possible, training should inc
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SWEDENPolice and Youth Sharing Expe
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Training in the Counter-radicalizat
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and Wales have used the package. Mo
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NORTHERN IRELANDCreating a More Bal
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Moroccan man. Another minority offi
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other characteristics or values. Co
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Take steps to ensure that all parts
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Law enforcement agencies must be se
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variety of individuals with “life
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their needs, and problems, and hear
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to travel as far as Liverpool to ac
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The strategy includes multiple init
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The website provides an interactive
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adopted on June 29, 2007, CRI/Counc
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Notes1. Rebekah Delsol, Open Societ
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13. A report of MI5’s behavioral
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Ireland). Of the total number of co
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279. In Rosalind Williams, Spanish
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Ethnic profiling by police in Europ
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