Harding, Simon (2012) Street government: the role of the violent street gang in the London riots. In: The English Riots of 2011: A Summer of Discontent. Waterside Press, Sherfield-on-Loddon, Hook, UK. ISBN 9781904380887

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Abstract

In London, the localised riots which occurred post-Tottenham all had their genesis in the violent street gang. This increasingly visible and evolving presence in the excluded neighbourhoods of the capital operates its own forms of social control and authority in its own social field – a form of street government. The riots provided an opportunity for the sudden temporal expansion of this social field as gangs acted as the crucible for events. The 2011 riots in London revealed significant aspects of UK gang organisation and culture which are the starting point to understanding these disturbances.

Item Type:	Book Section
Keywords:	Riots; Street Gangs; Social field; police; Bourdieu
Subjects:	Law and criminal justice > Criminal justice > Criminology Law and criminal justice > Criminal justice > Policing and criminal investigations Social sciences > Sociology of deviance
Depositing User:	Simon Harding
Date Deposited:	26 Jul 2012 08:28
Last Modified:	28 Aug 2021 07:25
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/4741

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