Racial Violence / Responses to Racial Violence

Synopsis

1: Looks at the recent history of racially motivated violence in Britain, using expert and eye witness accounts and newspaper and film archive material. It charts the response of the authorities, which tended to focus on repatriation and immigration control.
2: Looks at the response to racial violence in Britain in the 1990s. In 4 sections: the Stephen Lawrence story - encapsulates key points such as police investigation, collecting and corrobroating evidence, witnesses, the role of the Crown Prosecution Service, the role of the government in relation to British racism; arguments for and against making racial violence a specific crime - interviews and film of the House of Commons and the Home Affairs Committee expounding the arguments currently being debated about changing the law; racial harassment - footage and interviews showing the importance of recognising harassmnet as a serious offence as well as an act of violence; two police initiatives - footage of the Racial Incidents Unit at a UK police station and extracts from a police training course on racism.

Series

Crime, Order and Social Control, Course D315

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 90 min.

Year of production

1996

Availability

Sale; 1997 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Documentation

Co-published books: ‘The problem of crime’ by J Muncie and E McLaughlin (Sage, 1996) and ‘Controlling crime’ by E McLaughlin and J Muncie (Sage, 1996).

Subjects

Sociology

Keywords

police; race relations; social policy

Sections

Title

Racial violence

Synopsis

1: Looks at the recent history of racially motivated violence in Britain, using expert and eye witness accounts and newspaper and film archive material. It charts the response of the authorities, which tended to focus on repatriation and immigration contr

Title

Responses to racial violence

Synopsis

2: Looks at the response to racial violence in Britain in the 1990s. In 4 sections: the Stephen Lawrence story - encapsulates key points such as police investigation, collecting and corrobroating evidence, witnesses, the role of the Crown Prosecution Serv

Production Company

Name

BBC Open University Productions

Distributor

Name

Open University Worldwide

Web

http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 1908 274066

Address

Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA

Notes

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