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URBAN VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL MARGINALISATION: THE RIOTS IN

01 January 1991

URBAN VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL MARGINALISATION: THE RIOTS IN
BRITAIN, SUMMER 1981
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JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 82-1883
J LEA J YOUNG
CRITICAL SOC POL, SPR 1982 1(3) PP56-69

ARGUES THAT THE CAUSES OF THE RIOTS LIE IN THE POLITICAL AND
CULTURAL 'MARGINALISATION' EVIDENT IN WEST INDIAN
SOCIETY, AS WELL AS IN ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION. AS SUCH, THE
IMMEDIATE CAUSES WERE NOT SIMPLY POLICE RACISM BUT FUNDAMENTAL
CHANGES IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE INNER
CITY COMMUNITY. A RESPONSE WHICH CALLS FOR GREATER POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE COLLAPSE OF
CONSENSUS POLICING AND THE POLITICAL 'MARGINALISATION' OF THE
INNER CITY.

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