Perspectives on policing: ethnic disproportionality in child arrests by the Metropolitan Police

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Perspectives on policing: ethnic disproportionality in child arrests by the Metropolitan Police

In this paper Gavin Hales uses detailed demographic data to look behind the headlines to examine ethnic disproportionality in child arrests in London. This analysis is intended to to inform debates about the use of arrest powers in London, but is also aimed at anyone interested in the question of ethnic disproportionality as it relates to policing and crime (but also other areas of public policy).