Violent Racism: Victimization, Policing and Social Context

by Benjamin Bowling

This book gives us a detailed examination of the official documents--and of the historical origins--of racist violence in Britain. The author also employs the findings of this examination, as presented alongside an in-depth case study of racial attacks and police responses in East London, to ponder the question of why the ideas and language of white supremacy and racial exclusion direct violence at "non-white" individuals, and why police response...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198298781
• ISBN13: 9780198298786
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"