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Police identity checks in Belgium : a critical media content analysis

Ludovic De Vocht (UGent) , Antoinette Verhage (UGent) and Sofie De Kimpe
(2024) The politicization of police stops in Europe : public issues and police reform. In Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies p.171-196
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Through a critical media content analysis, this contribution explores the police practice of identity checks in Belgium. Identity checks are one of the most occurring police practices in Belgium and have lately been under close media and academic attention. Several reports by organisations as Amnesty International, Unia and Human Right Watch already signalled the current problems within the Belgian police force concerning identity checks. However, a news media analysis of the last 20 years relating to identity checks has not yet been performed. Through the search engine ‘GoPress Academic’, three relevant cases are critically analysed in their discourse, investigating its significance within the political timeframe and what eventually resulted from the media debate. This research shows that media can have a catalytic and inspiring effect for organisations and academics to further investigate cases and societal tendencies, but that political changes require much more time and even multiple public outcries to cause policy and regulatory changes relating to the police domain.
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Identity checks, media content analysis, Belgian police

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De Vocht, Ludovic, et al. “Police Identity Checks in Belgium : A Critical Media Content Analysis.” The Politicization of Police Stops in Europe : Public Issues and Police Reform, edited by Jacques de Maillard et al., Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, pp. 171–96, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-35125-9_8.
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De Vocht, L., Verhage, A., & De Kimpe, S. (2024). Police identity checks in Belgium : a critical media content analysis. In J. de Maillard, K. Verfaillie, & M. Rowe (Eds.), The politicization of police stops in Europe : public issues and police reform (pp. 171–196). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35125-9_8
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De Vocht, Ludovic, Antoinette Verhage, and Sofie De Kimpe. 2024. “Police Identity Checks in Belgium : A Critical Media Content Analysis.” In The Politicization of Police Stops in Europe : Public Issues and Police Reform, edited by Jacques de Maillard, Kristof Verfaillie, and Mike Rowe, 171–96. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35125-9_8.
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De Vocht, Ludovic, Antoinette Verhage, and Sofie De Kimpe. 2024. “Police Identity Checks in Belgium : A Critical Media Content Analysis.” In The Politicization of Police Stops in Europe : Public Issues and Police Reform, ed by. Jacques de Maillard, Kristof Verfaillie, and Mike Rowe, 171–196. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-35125-9_8.
Vancouver
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De Vocht L, Verhage A, De Kimpe S. Police identity checks in Belgium : a critical media content analysis. In: de Maillard J, Verfaillie K, Rowe M, editors. The politicization of police stops in Europe : public issues and police reform. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan; 2024. p. 171–96.
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L. De Vocht, A. Verhage, and S. De Kimpe, “Police identity checks in Belgium : a critical media content analysis,” in The politicization of police stops in Europe : public issues and police reform, J. de Maillard, K. Verfaillie, and M. Rowe, Eds. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, pp. 171–196.
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