3.2 case study - 2011 english riots

Question 1

on what day was mark duggan shot

Answer 1

4th august

Question 2

on what day did tottenham disorder breakout

Answer 2

6th august

Question 3

on what did wood green, enfield and brixton break out in disorder

Answer 3

7th august

Question 4

on 8th august how many places broke out in disorder

Answer 4

22 london boroughs
birmingham
liverpool
nottingham

Question 5

on 9 th august how many places broke out

Answer 5

7 places

Question 6

what did david cameron say about 2011 riots

Answer 6

criminality pure and simple

Question 7

what did theresa may say about 2011 riots

Answer 7

why does a violent gang culture exist

Question 8

what did ken clarke say was disturbing about 2011 riots

Answer 8

feral underclass cut off from mainstream in everything but materialism

Question 9

in reading the riots what did the rioters talk about

Answer 9

• excitement/ carnival
• consumerism
• empowerment and revnge agaisnt police
• sense of injsutice/ double standards at poltical/ financial system
• gangs
• new social media and blackberry
• social alienation, exclusion and hopelessness

Question 10

what are key differences in 2011 riots compared with previous disoerder

Answer 10

• scale of rioting, speed and extent of spread
• reaction of penal state
• ethnic and gender mix of participants
• social media
• looting and conssumerism
• political criticsms of police

Question 11

what are key similarities of 2011 riots compared to previous disorder

Answer 11

• structural issues e.g. poverty, inequality, social exclusion
• toxic police-communtiy relations

Question 12

what did the case studies in leeds and bristol suggest what elements of flashpoints model reduced the risk of mass violence

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Answer 12

• political
• interactional
• situational