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THE HANDSWORTH/LOZELLS RIOTS 9,10,11 SEPTEMBER 1985: REPORT OF

01 January 1991

THE HANDSWORTH/LOZELLS RIOTS 9,10,11 SEPTEMBER 1985: REPORT OF
AN INQUIRY
refdoc August=1991

BOOKS/PAMPHLETS , User Ref = 343.34(424) , Acc Date = 01-Dec-87
J Silverman
Birmingham City Council, Feb 1986 173pp + maps RB44743

Report of an independent inquiry set up by Birmingham City
Council into the Handsworth disturbances in September 1985. The
report outlines the Council resolution, and the nature and
preliminaries of the inquiry. The background of the area is
examined including the population and communities, housing,
education, recreation, unemployment, policing and crime levels.
A narrative is given of the preliminaries prior to the
`incident', claimed to be the `trigger' and to the actual riots.
Looks at whether it was a conspiracy or a spontaneous riot and
whether there was a delay in the police advance towards the
Lozells shopping centre. A section of the report deals with
policing matters including the use of plastic bullets, police
harassment, community policing and the use of cannabis/ganja in
the area. The final section deals with recommendations and
suggestions.

United Kingdom, probation service, immigration, industry, Asians,
employment, Afro Caribbean, housing need, land shortage, leisure,
enveloping, play group, Swann Report, young people, Birmingham,
schools, Youth Training Schemes, crime rate, detection rate,
petrol bomb, fire brigade, looting, Rastafarian

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