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This book examines controversial police powers to stop and search people in public places. Case studies from around the globe ¿ including Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, India, Hungary, Holland and the USA ¿ illustrate the use and abuse of these powers and provide a foundation for transnational and comparative research. This book was originally published as a special issue of Policing and Society.

Produktbeschreibung
This book examines controversial police powers to stop and search people in public places. Case studies from around the globe ¿ including Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, India, Hungary, Holland and the USA ¿ illustrate the use and abuse of these powers and provide a foundation for transnational and comparative research. This book was originally published as a special issue of Policing and Society.
Autorenporträt
Leanne Weber is Larkins Senior Research Fellow at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests include the detention of asylum seekers in the UK and migration policing networks in Australia. Previous publications include Borders, Mobility and Technologies of Control (2006) and Globalization and Borders: Death at the Global Frontier (2011). Ben Bowling is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice in the School of Law at King's College London, UK. He has studied policing since the 1980s and is recognised as a leading authority on police stop and search powers. Previous publications include Policing the Caribbean: Transnational Security Cooperation in Practice (2010) and Global Policing (2012).