Policing and criminal justice system
Ministers have overturned a decision to block legal aid funding for an inquest into the death of Cherry Groce, whose shooting sparked the 1985 Brixton riots.
A man in Oldham, who was given a 21-month prison sentence for assaulting a disabled neighbour and screaming racist abuse at another man, has had the term reduced by six months.
Bristol charity Stand Against Racism and Inequality (Sari) has published a report outlining 349 racist incidents in the city and the surrounding area in 2012/13. Whilst most incidents were of verbal abuse, there was a slight increase in attacks on properties.
New research shows that backlogs in coroners’ courts have contributed to inquests, including those into deaths in police or prison custody, often being delayed for months or even years.
Recent Publications
April 8, 2014
Race & Class, April 2014
In the latest issue of Race & Class, Sindre Bangstad explores the philosophical and political underpinnings of the freedom of expression debate in Norway. He warns that virulent far-right racism and extremism has been sanitised and made mainstream, threatening liberal democracy and equal citizenship in the process.
January 23, 2014
Investigated or ignored?
Investigated or ignored? An analysis of race-related deaths since the Macpherson report, analyses the criminal justice system's response to racist murders, or atacks with a known or suspected racial element, since the publication of the Macpherson report.
January 9, 2014
Race & Class, January 2014
In the new issue of Race & Class, three distinguished academics from Sweden's Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society, examine the 2013 'riots' in Sweden, comparing these to the August 2011 'riots' in the UK, and similar disturbances across the French banlieues in 2005.
October 16, 2013
Race & Class, October 2013
In the October 2013 issue of Race & Class, Phil Scraton examines the legacy of the Hillsborough football stadium disaster, which claimed the lives of ninety-six people.