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Racism and the Cultural Politics of Punishment : Constructing the 2011 English Unrest.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peacock, Chloe.
- Series:
- Racism, Resistance and Social Change Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Riots--England.
- Riots.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--England.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- Racism and the cultural politics of punishment onalyses the 2011 English 'riots' and the state's startlingly punitive response. Drawing on original research inside the criminal justice system, it exposes the denial and ignorance underpinning contemporary politics of law and order and offers insight into today's crisis.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Series editors' foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Remembering and forgetting the riots: amnesia and the erasure of structural racism
- Surprising and typical criminals: reproducing the myth of Black criminality
- 'Society demands punishment': convening a punitive public
- Ignoring the violence of imprisonment
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-7311-5
- 1-5261-7313-1
- 9781526173119
- OCLC:
- 1579269031
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