Policing British Asian Identities The Enduring Role of the Police in Young British Asian Men's Situated Negotiation of Identity and Belonging

• NCJ Number: 244997
• Journal: British Journal of Criminology Volume: 53 Issue: 6 Dated: November 2013 Pages: 1075-1092
• Author(s): Matthew Millings
• Date Published: November 2013
• Length: 18 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

This paper identifies the powerful real and imagined role the police play in young men's negotiation of belonging and identity.

Abstract

Using data from ethnographic work and interviews with young British Asian men conducted in 2002 and again in 2012, this paper identifies the powerful real and imagined role the police play in these young men's negotiation of belonging and identity. Experiences of policing are shown to meaningfully shape individual and collective claims of belonging. These negotiations are seen to contribute to, and be derived from, volatile climates of racism, fractured social relations and cultures of intolerance, rendering explicit the powerful cultural work of policing. (Published Abstract)