No evidence of `copycats' in 1981 riots
01 January 1991
No evidence of `copycats' in 1981 riots
refdoc September=1991
D8200070
Public order
An independent study by the British Film Institute's
Broadcasting Research Unit, to be published as a report later
this year, has found that there is no evidence to show that
"copycat" youngsters were provoked into rioting by TV coverage
of the disturbances.
Standard 82/01/05 p3; Times 82/01/06 p2
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