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Behind the riots

Sociologists living and working in the areas affected by rioting in August 2011 examine the causes and consequences of the unrest

8 September 2011

  • Riots in Lewisham, London.

    Behind the Lewisham riots: 'it was all about money'

  • hackney-riots

    Behind the Hackney riots: 'Nobody seems to listen to us'

7 September 2011

  • clapham-junction-riots

    Behind the Clapham riots: 'the police are the enemy'

    Amanda Conroy
  • Tariq Jahan speaks to the media

    Behind the Birmingham riots: 'the ultimate sacrifice for peace'

    Ajmal Hussain

6 September 2011

  • Manchester riots

    Behind the Manchester riots: 'they are saying we have nothing'

  • Brixton riots 2011

    Behind the Brixton riots: 'a sense of injustice and lack of entitlement'

    Richard Bramwell

5 September 2011

  • Wood Green looting follows Tottenham riots

    Behind the Wood Green riots: 'a chance to stick two fingers up at the police'

    A commercial centre beset by unemployment and anger at the police, no one in Wood Green was surprised things got ugly

  • Greater Manchester police chief Ian Hopkins touring Salford a week on from the riots.

    Behind the riots: what young people think about the 2011 summer unrest

    Sociologists from the areas affected by the riots have interviewed young people involved, and are publishing their findings

  • Greater Manchester Police in Salford shopping city a week on from the riots.

    Behind the Salford riots: 'the kids are angry'

    The comments of Salford's young people seem to chime with both sides of the criminality v context debate – but what's clear is that there has been simmering anger for some time

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