Race, Riots and Policing : Lore and Disorder in a Multi-Racist Society
Race, Riots and Policing : Lore and Disorder in a Multi-Racist Society
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Author(s): Keith, Michael
ISBN No.: 9781032421940
Pages: 288
Year: 202303
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 160.45
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available (Forthcoming)

Originally published in 1993, this was the first systematic attempt to understand the criminalization of Black people without resorting to either crude state conspiracy theories or pathological portrayals of Black communities. Instead, the author places police/Black conflict in a geographical and historical context. A rigorous analysis of recent riots in London, informed by theoretical debates at the time, allowed Keith to demonstrate that both the riots and subsequent popular and official analysis had determined policies which had heightened the criminalization of the Black community. The ethnographic study of police/Black antagonism in three key areas of London highlights a police force struggling with an historical legacy that transcends the actions of particular officers. This book demonstrates that meaningful understanding of contemporary policing depends on situating ethnographic accounts firmly within the social and political context in which the police are forced to operate. It will be of great value to students of sociology, race relations, social geography, criminology and politics, as well as to professionals in the race relations field and the police service. This book is a re-issue originally published in 1993. The language used is a reflection of its era and no offence is meant by the Publishers to any reader by this re-publication.



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