UCL Department of Security and Crime Science

Spencer Chainey and Ian Macdonald, 2012.

This report presents findings from research carried out in the mid-2000s to
examine the role played by intelligence in police stop and search practices. As
earlier research has suggested that the effective use of intelligence in stop and
search can help improve the effectiveness and the fairness of the power
(Quinton et al 2000), the study focused on three main questions:

1. To what extent was intelligence used by police in their routine use of stop and search?
2. To what extent were statistical and geographical patterns of searches consistent with the application of intelligence to search practices?
3. What were the potential implications of the application of intelligence for race disproportionality in stop and search?

A full copy of the research can be found via this link.