Precautionary tales : suspicionless counter-terrorism stop and search

Lennon, Genevieve (2015) Precautionary tales : suspicionless counter-terrorism stop and search. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 15 (1). pp. 44-62. ISSN 1748-8958

Abstract

In recent years, there has been an increased focus on the use of the precautionary principle within counter-terrorism. To date much of the literature has focused on ‘high’ level executive measures. This article examines the use of the precautionary measures within counter-terrorism street policing, taking suspicionless counter-terrorism stop and search as an exemplar. The analysis highlights how the logic of precaution necessitates vague statutory drafting and extensive police discretion and how these factors detrimentally impact upon police legitimacy and compliance to human rights law. It also considers how such measures fit within the current literature on precrime.

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Lennon, Genevieve ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8275-5332

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	48963
  Dates:	Date Event 1 February 2015 Published 28 October 2013 Published Online
  Keywords:	human rights, policing, precautionary, terrorism, uncertainty, Law, Social pathology. Social and public welfare, Law
  Subjects:	Law Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS)
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	16 Jul 2014 15:35
  Last modified:	20 Jan 2021 21:22
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/48963