Suspected or protected? Perceptions of procedural justice in ethnic minority youth's descriptions of police relations
Saarikkomäki, Elsa ; Birk Haller, Mie ; Solhjell, Randi ; Alvesalo-Kuusi, Anne ; Kolind, Torsten ; Hunt, Geoffrey and Burcar Alm, Veronika LU
(2021)
In Policing and Society
31(4).
p.386-401
- Abstract
Research has highlighted the harmful effects of targeted police practices and the subsequent low trust in the police among ethnic minorities. However in spite of this research, there still exists a relative lack of knowledge on the day-to-day relations between ethnic minority youth and the police and on the perceptions that ethnic minorities have of procedural justice. Furthermore, comparative and cross-nation research is needed. This study, using data from 121 in-depth interviews, investigates how ethnic minority youth living in Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden describe policing practices. Our findings indicate that descriptions were quite similar in each of the four Nordic countries. While on the one hand, ethnic minority youth... (More)
Research has highlighted the harmful effects of targeted police practices and the subsequent low trust in the police among ethnic minorities. However in spite of this research, there still exists a relative lack of knowledge on the day-to-day relations between ethnic minority youth and the police and on the perceptions that ethnic minorities have of procedural justice. Furthermore, comparative and cross-nation research is needed. This study, using data from 121 in-depth interviews, investigates how ethnic minority youth living in Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden describe policing practices. Our findings indicate that descriptions were quite similar in each of the four Nordic countries. While on the one hand, ethnic minority youth felt suspected by the police for no justifiable reason, thereby creating strong feelings of procedural injustice and unfairness, on the other hand, they described encounters, where they felt protected by the police and in general trusted the institution of the police. As such ambiguity has often been neglected, this article highlights the positive perceptions of the police but also argues that targeted police practices can undermine notions of procedural justice, trust in policing and a sense of belonging.
(Less)
- author
- Saarikkomäki, Elsa
; Birk Haller, Mie
; Solhjell, Randi
; Alvesalo-Kuusi, Anne
; Kolind, Torsten
; Hunt, Geoffrey
and Burcar Alm, Veronika
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Ethnic minorities, Nordic countries, procedural justice, youth
- in
- Policing and Society
- volume
- 31
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 386 - 401
- publisher
- Routledge
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85083562753
- ISSN
- 1043-9463
- DOI
- 10.1080/10439463.2020.1747462
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 8cfb891e-74c7-40df-9d74-0bd33f9dc271
- date added to LUP
- 2021-01-15 09:37:12
- date last changed
- 2022-04-26 23:35:00
@article{8cfb891e-74c7-40df-9d74-0bd33f9dc271,
abstract = {{<p>Research has highlighted the harmful effects of targeted police practices and the subsequent low trust in the police among ethnic minorities. However in spite of this research, there still exists a relative lack of knowledge on the day-to-day relations between ethnic minority youth and the police and on the perceptions that ethnic minorities have of procedural justice. Furthermore, comparative and cross-nation research is needed. This study, using data from 121 in-depth interviews, investigates how ethnic minority youth living in Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden describe policing practices. Our findings indicate that descriptions were quite similar in each of the four Nordic countries. While on the one hand, ethnic minority youth felt suspected by the police for no justifiable reason, thereby creating strong feelings of procedural injustice and unfairness, on the other hand, they described encounters, where they felt protected by the police and in general trusted the institution of the police. As such ambiguity has often been neglected, this article highlights the positive perceptions of the police but also argues that targeted police practices can undermine notions of procedural justice, trust in policing and a sense of belonging.</p>}},
author = {{Saarikkomäki, Elsa and Birk Haller, Mie and Solhjell, Randi and Alvesalo-Kuusi, Anne and Kolind, Torsten and Hunt, Geoffrey and Burcar Alm, Veronika}},
issn = {{1043-9463}},
keywords = {{Ethnic minorities; Nordic countries; procedural justice; youth}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{4}},
pages = {{386--401}},
publisher = {{Routledge}},
series = {{Policing and Society}},
title = {{Suspected or protected? Perceptions of procedural justice in ethnic minority youth's descriptions of police relations}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2020.1747462}},
doi = {{10.1080/10439463.2020.1747462}},
volume = {{31}},
year = {{2021}},
}