Research Catalog

Title

Public disorder : a review of research and a study in one inner city area / by Simon Field and Peter Southgate.

Author

Field, Simon.

Publication

London : H.M.S.O., 1982.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Southgate, Peter.
• Great Britain. Home Office. Research and Planning Unit.

Description

v, 78 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

Research report comprising a comparison of urban area violence and youth unrest in the UK and USA - discusses historical and theoretical background, trends, causes (incl. Racial discrimination, low educational levels, unemployment, economic disparities, boredom, breakdown of family life, etc.), short term control and prevention of social disorders, role of mass media, public opinion and policy implications, and includes a case study of 1981 riots in Handsworth. References and statistical tables.

Series Statement

Home Office research study ; no. 72

Uniform Title

Home Office research studies ; no. 72.

Subject

• Riots > Great Britain
• Demonstrations > Great Britain
• Riots > United States
• Demonstrations > United States
• Riots > England > Birmingham
• Demonstrations > England > Birmingham
• Handsworth (Birmingham, England) > Social conditions

Genre/Form

• reference.
• research report.
• rapport de recherche.
• référence bibliographique.
• informe de investigación.
• referencia.

Note

• "A Home Office research and planning unit report."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Urban disorders in Britain and America: a review of research/Simon Field -- The disturbances of July 1981 in Handsworth, Birmingham: a survey of the views and experiences of male residents/Peter Southgate

ISBN

• 011340767X
• 011340767x (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^^82209793^

OCLC

• 9103827
• SCSB-10064982

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library