Violence and harassment
Recent News
Stoke City FC has begun an investigation into the discovery of a pig’s head in Kenwyne Jone’s locker.
A 24-year-old woman, Toni Pandeles, has been jailed for racially attacking a 15-year-old Bangladeshi boy after breaching her previous 20-week suspended sentence order.
Eric Kitson, a UKIP councillor for Worcestershire, is being investigated by party officials after posting a string of racist comments about Muslims on his Facebook account.
The G4S guard in charge of restraining Jimmy Mubenga, an Angolan asylum seeker who died during a deportation flight, was made to read out in court a string of racist jokes he had shared with friends.
Recent Publications
April 4, 2013
Race & Class, April 2013
The April 2013 issue of Race & Class contains a special section on Cuts, crime and racialisation, which examines how neoliberalism, at a time of austerity, changes the very nature of racism and criminal justice.
July 30, 2012
New geographies of racism: Peterborough
A report focusing on racial violence in Peterborough, where the city’s migrant workers have been demonised and vilified by the tabloids in recent years.
November 15, 2011
New geographies of racism: Stoke-on-Trent
A report focusing on racial violence in Stoke-on-Trent, which has been devastated by deindustrialisation, and where the proportion of the city’s Black and Minority Ethnic population has doubled in two decades.
Upcoming Events
A public meeting on the impact of police stop and search methods.



