Helps in understanding the causes and management of public disorder, drawing on social scientific studies of collective conflict, and the policing of crowds and social movements. Using case studies and original data, this book describes and critiques the theoretical approaches to public disorder. It applies Flashpoints Model to the case studies.
Helps in understanding the causes and management of public disorder, drawing on social scientific studies of collective conflict, and the policing of ...
The broad aim of this book is to provide a general basis for comparatively analysing and understanding the French riots of October/November 2005 and the British disorders which occurred in the spring/summer of 2001. British attempts to analyse and remedy the underlying causes of the riots constitute a potentially valuable resource to French academics, practitioners and policy makers. In turn, the French experience provides a fertile basis for re-applying, testing and enhancing existing theory and policy. The book consists of a highly coherent, theoretically rich and thematically comprehensive...
The broad aim of this book is to provide a general basis for comparatively analysing and understanding the French riots of October/November 2005 and t...
The broad aim of this book is to provide a general basis for comparatively analysing and understanding the French riots of October/November 2005 and the corresponding Bristish disorders which occurred in the spring/summer of 2001. The first of the French riots broke out on 27 October in the north Parisian banlieue (suburb) of Clichy-sous-Bois when two teenage youths of Muslim heritage were electrocuted in a substation while fleeing from the police. The two youths had apparently become unwittingly involved, together with their friends, in a police investigation of a break-in. It is not clear...
The broad aim of this book is to provide a general basis for comparatively analysing and understanding the French riots of October/November 2005 and t...