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Preference Does Not Have to be Personal: Explaining Police Perception within a Cross-Cultural Perspective in Finland

Preference Does Not Have to be Personal: Explaining Police Perception within a Cross-Cultural Perspective in Finland

Stephen Egharevba
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781522510888|ISBN10: 1522510885|EISBN13: 9781522510895
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1088-8.ch003
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Egharevba, Stephen. "Preference Does Not Have to be Personal: Explaining Police Perception within a Cross-Cultural Perspective in Finland." Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System, edited by Stephen Egharevba, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 38-59. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1088-8.ch003

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Egharevba, S. (2017). Preference Does Not Have to be Personal: Explaining Police Perception within a Cross-Cultural Perspective in Finland. In S. Egharevba (Ed.), Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System (pp. 38-59). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1088-8.ch003

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Egharevba, Stephen. "Preference Does Not Have to be Personal: Explaining Police Perception within a Cross-Cultural Perspective in Finland." In Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System, edited by Stephen Egharevba, 38-59. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1088-8.ch003

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Abstract

Research has shown that minorities, particularly Blacks are six times more and Asian are twice likely to be stereotyped, suspected, stopped and searched, as well as arrested, cautioned as these groups are more likely to be prosecuted on weaker evidence when compared to Whites in many countries in Europe. Some reasons adduced for this phenomenon has been minorities' engagement with deviant and criminal behaviour, while neglecting the accumulated degrading treatment minority receive in the Criminal Justice System (CJS). However, in Finland interestingly very little research has examined minority perceptions of police fairness in the country. The aim of the paper is to examine the experiences of 650 immigrants from Africa, Asia, and Eastern European Countries, Middle East, as well as Latin Americans perception of the legitimacy of the police in view of the fact that experiences can influence the perception of fairness in the CJS. Secondly, we will explore why minorities feel they are treated differently to increase our understanding of minority contact with the police. The participants with constant contact with the police tend to be more negative towards the CJS. Additionally, household identified with specific referent groups significantly see the CJS as being biased.

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