Violent Racism

Victimisation, Policing and Social Context
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-19-826252-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 402 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 141 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 630 g

Using a detailed case study of an area of East London, this book documents the everyday abuse, assault and intimidation that is suffered by ethnic minorities in Great Britain. The author explains and analyses the process through which violence is targeted at these minorities, along with the role that the ideas and language of racial exclusion take in this process. The apparent failure of the police and "multi-agency initiatives" to respond effectively to this problem is then looked at in depth. This book is based on detailed analysis of official documents, a victimisation survey, interviews and direct observation, seen in the overall context of the history of race relations in Britain. It describes some of the many thousands of racist attacks that have occurred in recent years and the events in the last two decades that have shaped English racism and the political and policy responses to it.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bowling, Benjamin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- General Editor's Foreword

- Part I: Context, Concepts and Method

- 1: The Emergence of Violent Racism as a Public Issue

- 2: Violent Racism and Policy Formulation (1981-1984)

- 3: The Evolution of the Multi-agency Approach to Violent Racism

- 4: Violence, Racism and Crime Surveys: Capturing the process of victimisation

- Part II: Racism, Violence and Policing in North Plaistow: an empirical study

- 5: Racism and Victimization

- 6: Policing Violent Racism in

- 7: Conclusions

- Epilogue

- Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Benjamin Bowling gained his doctorate from the London School of Economics whilst working as a senior researcher in the Home Office. He was then a visiting lecturer at John Jay College, City University of New York. He is now lecturer in Law at Kings College London.