Browsing PIA by Author "Saarikkomäki, Elsa"

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Minor harassments: Ethnic minority youth in the Nordic countries and their perceptions of the police

Haller, Mie; Solhjell, Randi; Saarikkomäki, Elsa; Kolind, Torsten; Hunt, Geoffrey; Wästerfors, David (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

As different social groups are directly and indirectly confronted with diverse forms of police practices, different sectors of the population accumulate different experiences and respond differently to the police. This ...
“We are seen as a threat”: Police stops of young ethnic minorities in the Nordic countries

Solhjell, Randi; Saarikkomäki, Elsa; Haller, Mie Birk; Wästerfors, David; Kolind, Torsten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

This article focuses on the perspectives of young ethnic minorities in the Nordic countries who have experienced various forms of “police stops”, i.e. situations where the police stop them without any reference to a specific ...