Policing and criminal justice system
A 30-year-old Bangladeshi woman has died in police custody in Walsall, West Midlands, shortly after being arrested.
A Cleveland Black Police Association report which found institutional racism in the force, resulted in the force referring itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). The IPCC has nowreferred the complaint back to Cleveland Police to investigate itself.
Jul 24 2014
Grieving families subject to ‘inappropriate’ surveillance by undercover police
The grieving families of Jean Charles de De Menezes, Cherry Groce and Ricky Reel have been subject to ‘inappropriate’ surveillance by the Metropolitan Police’s Special Demonstration Squad (SDS). A new report claims such surveillance ‘served no purpose in preventing crime or disorder’.
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.
Upcoming Events
A march and rally organised by the Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association Campaign (JENGbA).
A demonstration outside Harmondsworth detention centre.
Jul 24 2014
Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan and the evidential approach to justice
A racialised justice system providing second-class protection to Muslims can be challenged.
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