The English Riots of 2011: A Summer of Discontent
From Facebook, Twitter, BlackBerry and gossip to hard facts, research and empirical investigation, this outstanding collection looks at the nature and causes of the English Riots of 2011 one year after they occurred. Though worrying in their nature, speed and scale, the book points out that rioting is nothing new - even if technological advances have altered their 'organization', the way in which the police respond and the incessant nature of media coverage. From 'moral panics' to 'broken Britain' and anxieties about youth crime, the book looks at various flashpoints of the riots such as the killing of Mark Duggan by police marksmen, the wide…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-904380-88-7
- EAN: 9781904380887
- Produktnummer: 13506363
- Verlag: Waterside Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 434 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.3 cm 655 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 655
Über den Autor
Editor Dr Daniel Briggs is a Reader in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of East London who also works with the most vulnerable people to the most dangerous and the most misunderstood. His work has taken him into prisons, crack houses, mental health institutions, asylum institutions, hostels, care homes, hospices and places for the homeless. He is the author of Crack Cocaine Users: High Society and Low Life in South London (Routledge, 2011). Contributors In this book he is assisted by contributions from some 20 leading commentators, including Geoffrey Pearson, Steve Hall, Simon Winlow, Axel Klein, Tim Bateman, Liz Kelly and Aisha K. Gill.
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