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institutional racism  

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  • DefinitionAllegations that the police service is institutionally racist have dominated media, political, policy and academic debate in the UK during the last decade or so. The extent to which they have applied elsewhere is considered further below. [Source: The SAGE Dictionary of Policing; Institutional Racism]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/institutional_racism

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