Police stops, suspicion and the influence of police department cultures: a look into the Belgian context

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Journal of Organizational Ethnography Pub Date : 2021-12-02 DOI:10.1108/joe-02-2021-0008

Inès Saudelli, Sofie De Kimpe, J. Christiaens

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how suspicion that leads to a police stop is developed by police officers in Belgium, and the way in which police department culture influences the creation of suspicion.Design/methodology/approachThe data on which this article is based are the result of an ethnographic study within two local Belgian police forces. In total, the researcher has observed for a total amount of 750 h the day-to-day practices of police officers in different police services. Next to that, 37 in-depth interviews were taken from police officers employed in the same services that participated in the observations.FindingsWhile the creation of suspicion in a police officer's mind is a complex process that is influenced by various factors such as the individual characteristics of the police officer and the applicable legislation, the impact of police department culture is equally important and can be responsible for maintaining discriminatory and stereotypical mindsets.Originality/valueThe originality of this paper lies in the fact that it offers insight into the Belgian police stop practice, a topic about which not much is known on an international level. In addition, it also focuses on the role of departmental cultures in the actions of police officers.

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警察拦截，怀疑和警察部门文化的影响:对比利时背景的观察

本文的目的是展示比利时警察如何发展导致警察停止的怀疑，以及警察部门文化影响怀疑产生的方式。设计/方法/方法本文所依据的数据是在比利时两个地方警察部队中进行的民族志研究的结果。总的来说，研究人员对不同警察部门的警官的日常工作进行了总共750小时的观察。除此之外，还对参与观察的同一部门的警官进行了37次深入访谈。调查结果虽然在警察心中产生怀疑是一个复杂的过程，受到各种因素的影响，如警察的个人特征和适用的立法，但警察部门文化的影响同样重要，可能是维持歧视性和刻板印象的原因。原创性/价值本文的原创性在于它提供了对比利时警察停止实践的见解，这是一个在国际层面上知之甚少的话题。此外，它还侧重于部门文化在警察行动中的作用。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Organizational Ethnography (JOE) has been launched to provide an opportunity for scholars, from all social and management science disciplines, to publish over two issues: -high-quality articles from original ethnographic research that contribute to the current and future development of qualitative intellectual knowledge and understanding of the nature of public and private sector work, organization and management -review articles examining the history and development of the contribution of ethnography to qualitative research in social, organization and management studies -articles examining the intellectual, pedagogical and practical use-value of ethnography in organization and management research, management education and management practice, or which extend, critique or challenge past and current theoretical and empirical knowledge claims within one or more of these areas of interest -articles on ethnographically informed research relating to the concepts of organization and organizing in any other wider social and cultural contexts.