Scarman report - crime prevention in Brixton

Title

Scarman report - crime prevention in Brixton

Genre

Interview

TX Date

23 Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:19

Description

Interview with Brixton’s crime prevention officer PC George McCarroll, following the publication of the Scarman Report into the riots in Brixton, South London and Toxteth in Liverpool in 1981, on crime prevention schemes in the area. Male interviewer not identified. Sound is in mono.

Contributors

George McCarroll

Keywords

London; Reports; Crime; Interethnic relations; Police; Liverpool; Violence; Metropolitan Police; Crime prevention; Riots; Policing practice; Brixton; Toxteth; Scarman Report; Institutional racism; Leslie Scarman

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