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COMPETING EXPLANATIONS OF THE MERSEYSIDE RIOTS OF 1981

01 January 1991

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COMPETING EXPLANATIONS OF THE MERSEYSIDE RIOTS OF 1981
refdoc July=1991

JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 005309
P Cooper
Br J Criminology, Jan 1985 25(1) pp60-69

Discusses popular causal explanations for the Toxteth
riots in 1981 and compares them with information derived
from police arrest statistics. The social class and
age distribution of arrests suggests that the riot was an
exceptional event involving normally law abiding citizens
from the area who felt themselves increasingly isolated
and under threat from coercive policing. 10 references

United Kingdom, public order, inner city, black people, racism
Liverpool

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