The themed section featuring a series of articles by contributors who consider the background of, and offer a narrative about, the riots that took place in August 2011.
Guest editor Tim Hope introduces a number of contributors, including David Waddington who points out that public disorders in England have been ignited before by a flashpoint incident, and P A J Waddington comments on how the police will always face difficult decisions concerning strategy and control when trying to maintain social order.
Topical articles include John Shute examining the Coalition strategy towards gang and youth violence and finds it wanting. Paul Taylor discusses disability hate crime, and Helen Baker cautions against using popular assumptions to explain parent abuse. In the In Focus section, Helen Mills examines the role of a housing support charity in the resettlement of ex-prisoners with a conviction for sexual offences.
In this edition
David Waddington on how the shooting of Mark Duggan led to the August 2011 rioting
By David Waddington
Tony Jefferson tells the angry, ongoing story of rioting over the past 30 years
By Tony Jefferson
P A J Waddington puts the August 2011 riots into the context of policing public order
By P A J Waddington
Local resident Kevin Stenson gives his account of the rioting and its aftermath
By Kevin Stenson
Basia Spalek, Arshad Isakjee and Thom Davies reflect on what they saw
By Basia Spalek, Arshad Isakjee and Thom Davies
Thom Davies provides photos and commentary
By Thom Davies
Bob Jeffery and Will Jackson examine the background to the unrest in Salford
By Bob Jeffery and Will Jackson
Simon Harding argues that the social networks of urban street gangs played a central role
By Simon Harding
Harry Angel discusses the government’s main policy strategy to date
By Harry Angel
Suzella Palmer charts the history of policing Black communities
By Suzella Palmer
Sam Waterton and Kanja Sesay look at the policing of youth that underpinned the rioting
By Sam Waterton and Kanja Sesay
John Lea and Simon Hallsworth put the riots into political and historical perspective
By John Lea and Simon Hallsworth
Hugues Lagrange compares the riots of August 2011 with those in France in 2005
By Hugues Lagrange
Roxy Cavalcanti, Carlie Goldsmith, Lynda Measor and Peter Squires review research into the experiences, connections and disconnections, of young people
By Roxy Cavalcanti, Carlie Goldsmith, Lynda Measor and Peter Squires
James Treadwell looks at the public order threat presented by the Far Right and at what fuels disorder
By James Treadwell
Jon Shute, Judith Aldridge and Juanjo Medina examine Coalition policy and find it wanting
By Jon Shute, Judith Aldridge and Juanjo Medina
J M Moore and David Scott argue that the proposed Transitions prison represents ‘old wine in new bottles’
By J M Moore and David Scott
Malcolm Dean considers the role the media played in turning law and order policy making into corrosive penal populism
By Malcolm Dean
Paul Taylor, Karen Corteen, Cassandra Ogden and Sharon Morley document police shortcomings in dealing with vulnerable minorities
By Paul Taylor, Karen Corteen, Cassandra Ogden and Sharon Morley
Helen Baker cautions against using popular assumptions to explain abuse
By Helen Baker
Helen Mills examines the role of a housing support charity in this process.
By Helen Mills
