Time for change
A new government code of conduct has just been introduced on the use by the police of their powers of stop and search. Raymond Mgadzah considers some of the broader issues involved.
In discussions concerning the criminal justice system (CJS) there is often an elephant in the room.
As two organisations working on CJS issues recently put it: ‘The over-representation of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) individuals at every stage of the CJS is widely recognised by researchers, practitioners and service users. Despite notoriety over many years, this disparity in treatment still struggles to receive an effective response.’
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