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Identity Checks, Appearance and Ways of Life of Students in the Île-de-France
By Nicolas Jounin, Fatine Ahmadouchi, Yasmina Kettal, Nina Krumnow, Alice Mimoun, Laëtitia Mokrani, Jordan Mongongnon, Pierre Orsini, Camilla Otto, Lucie Rondou, Awa Tamega, Loïse Tilbourg, Aurélie Bachiri, El Hadj Touré, Ulysse Tubeuf, Boubou Bakhayokho, Julien Bihet, Requia Bouali, Nedjma Cognasse, Sarah El Mellah, Camille Gicquel, Marie JosseEnglish
Based on a quantitative survey among students, this article looks at the way police officers carry out stops and identity checks, particularly focusing on the selection criteria with which they operate. Physical appearance and sex relate significantly to the probability of being stopped at least once in one’s life. Race also appears to be significantly related with this possibility in a logistic regression model that includes variables for transport and leisure practices. Beyond these discrepancies, one can see group differences in how police stops are carried out and in the frequency with which they are repeated, pointing to the creation of groups which are seen to constitute « police property ».