Episode 45 – Patten 20 years on: Young People, Policing and Stop and Search

3 – Criminology Matters – In this podcast Gillian talks to Dr John Topping from SSESW about his recent event – Patten 20 years on: Young People, Policing and Stop and Search. http://qpol.qub.ac.uk/event/patten-20-years-on-young-people-policing-and-stop-and-search/They discuss the significance and implications of NI’s disproportionate and rising use of stop and search – which is used to little effect. They ask, what are the tensions of policing in NI and what promise do alternative community restorative justice mechanisms hold?https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/sep/04/stop-and-search-northern-ireland-psni

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