3.1 riots, protest and mass disorder in the city Flashcards
(43 cards)
where is the legal definition of riots
section 1 of the public order act 1986
what is minimum amount of people for a riot
12
what does section 1 of the public order act 1986 state
- 12 or more people
- together threaten or use unlawful violence
-for a common purpose - in such a way that conduct of them all together is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness at the scene to the fear for their personal safety
is the definition of riots neutral
no it can be deployed as a label to imply criminality and condemnation
what does tilly 2003 definition of ritos embody what judgement
embodies a political judgement rather than an analytical distinction
- damage-doing gatherings which they dissaprove
what terms do authorities use for riots (tilly 2003)
- demonstration
- protest
- resistance
- retaliation
what is an explanation for why riots happen ‘x versus x’
structure versus agency
what do sociological traditions of riot explanations focus on
structure: broader deeper social conditions
what examples for sociological explanations for riots
- social inequality
- social exclusion
- localised histories
- cultural traditions
what are psychological traditions for why riots happen
examples
what is distinctive about the rioters
in terms of
- rationality
- personality
- morality
what are contemporary social psychological approaches to explain riots
explore INTERACTIONAL ASPECTS of mass disorder
attempt to LOCATE some kind of COLLECTIVE IDENTITY of the crowd
What is a traditional psychological aporoaches in classical theories - who
le bon 1985
what did le bon saw the 19th centiry as the..
‘era of the crowd’ with potential to negatively transform society
what does le bon label with crowd as
a psychological entity with a collective mind
in le bons theory in a crowd individuals lose what
lose sense of self and responisbility - become SUBMERGED and feel empowered
when crowd members lose sense of self and self control they become subject to what ?
contagion - the inability to resist passing ideas/ emotions
le bons suggestiability is an indication of what?
atavism
crowd members lose their veneers of civilisation
what are key criticsms of classical crowd theories
- decontexutalisation
- generalisation
- pathologisation
- ideological slant
what 3 things are evident in ideological slant criticsm of classical crowd theories
- denial of voice
- denial of responsibility
- legitimised repression
in the elaborated social identity movel STOTT 2017
- the crowd contains what?
- changes occur within what?
- crowd contains many different psychological crowds with different identiies/ intentions
- changes occur within moderate elements of the crowd
in elaborated social identity model stott
- what treatment is there
- being treated illegitimate what happens
- indiscriminate treatment of all crowd memebrs by the police
- being treated as illegitimate the moderates begin to see themselves as oppositional
in elaborated social identity model stott what does interaction effects between police and the crowd create
vicious circles
what 4 principles for policing policy are there elaborated social identity model stott
- educate
- communicate
- facilitate
- differentiate
what was the studies of US ghetto riots in late 1960s
- sociological theories of crowd vioelnce
- kerner commission 1968
