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Stop and search, Cancer patients and welfare reform

Laurie Taylor examines the history and future of an often controversial police tactic. Plus a look at how the welfare reforms are impacting on cancer patients.

Stop & Search: Laurie Taylor explores a police practice which is seen as a vital tool against crime by law enforcers, but has been dogged by controversy. He's joined by Michael Shiner, Associate Professor of Social Policy at the LSE, and editor of a new collection of research which assesses the use & misuse of the tactic. How did it arise and what is its future?

Also, Suzanne Moffatt, Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University, discusses her study into a group of cancer patients experience of current welfare reforms.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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28 minutes

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Mon 21 Sep 201500:15
BBC Radio 4

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