• The Scarman report was commissioned by the UK Government following the 1981 Brixton riots. Lord Scarman was appointed by then Home Secretary William Whitelaw...
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    Leslie George Scarman, Baron Scarman, OBE, PC (29 July 1911 – 8 December 2004) was an English judge and barrister who served as a Law Lord until his retirement...
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    Thatcher government commissioned an inquiry, which resulted in the Scarman Report. Brixton in South London was an area with serious social and economic...
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    York, pgs 56-57, ISBN 0-87196-182-2 Scarman 3.18 Scarman 3.24 Scarman 3.15–3.16 Scarman Report 3.16–3.23 Scarman Report 3.20 "Violence and Civil Disturbances...
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    commissioned a public inquiry into the riot headed by Lord Scarman. The subsequent Scarman report was published in November 1981 and found unquestionable...
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  • commissioned Scarman report the riots were a spontaneous outburst of built-up resentment sparked by particular incidents. Lord Scarman stated that "complex...
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  • There were reports that B-Specials were spotted hiding among loyalist mobs, using coats to hide their uniforms. Nevertheless, the Scarman Report concluded...
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  • Macdonald and produced by Geoff Moore. The show was made in reaction to the Scarman report which looked into the causes of that summer's riots in Moss Side in...
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    suspects. The report found that there had been a failure of leadership by senior MPS officers and that recommendations of the 1981 Scarman Report, compiled...
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    was a key element of the backdrop to the 1981 riots. The subsequent Scarman report (1981) concluded that the riots were "essentially an outburst of anger...
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  • Caribbean immigrants. At the beginning of the 1980s, as identified by the Scarman Report, tensions over unemployment, racism and poverty exacerbated by racist...
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    Secretary William Whitelaw to commission the Scarman report to address the root causes of the disturbances. The report identified both "racial discrimination"...
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    Lord Scarman, "Violence and Civil Disturbances in Northern Ireland in 1969: Report of Tribunal of Inquiry" Belfast: HMSO, Cmd 566 (known as the Scarman Report)...
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  • discussion, Lord Scarman, a former Law Lord, said the convictions ought to be overturned. Gareth Peirce obtained another psychologist's report about Raghip...
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    1887 Bloody Sunday 1896 Newlyn riots 20th century 21st century Reports 1981 Scarman report Related Riots in Leeds Riots in London Riot Act Public Order...
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    into the disturbances in Northern Ireland carried out by Lord Scarman, which produced a report in 1972. James Callaghan, Home Secretary in 1969, called on...
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  • evacuated from the Princes Park Hospital during the riots. The subsequent Scarman Report (although primarily directed at the Brixton Riot of 1981) recognised...
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    Code of Practice apply”. The 1981 Brixton riots and the subsequent Scarman report were key factors in the passage of the Act, which was brought in following...
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    since Windrush", BBC, 3 March 2011. The Scarman Report into the Brixton Riots of 1981. The Macpherson Report into the death of Stephen Lawrence. Reassessing...
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  • disturbances on the following two nights. The riots were characterised by the Scarman report into the 1981 riots in England as "copycat riots" – taking place after...
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    the Scarman Report on the riots was published, Powell gave a speech on 10 December in the Commons. Powell disagreed with Scarman, as the report stated...
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  • of alcohol and had not been involved in any disorder. According to the Scarman tribunal set up to investigate events at the outbreak of the Troubles,...
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    place to tighten police procedures in the 1980s, in response to the Scarman Report, to ensure that evidence and interviews were robust, in the introduction...
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    Studies. 21 (4): 567–586. doi:10.1080/1369183X.1995.9976513. Q&A: The Scarman Report 27 Archived 20 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine BBC Online. April...
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    suspects. The report found that there had been a failure of leadership by senior MPS officers and that recommendations of the 1981 Scarman Report, compiled...
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  • leading to severe rioting on 11 April 1981. Later that year a report issued by Lord Scarman stated that the Metropolitan Police were having problems regarding...
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    cultural diversity, injustice and human rights. He was acknowledged by the Scarman Report and the London Metropolitan Police after the 1981 Brixton riots and...
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  • Police Complaints Board, an independent review body, but following the Scarman Report in 1982 this was replaced by the more effective Police Complaints Authority...
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  • was the first Community Police Consultative Group to follow from the Scarman report into the Brixton riot (1981), being established in 1982 with the participation...
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  • Retrieved 19 May 2023. [3][usurped]. Retrieved 18 January 2015. "The Scarman Report", BBC News Online, London, 27 April 2004. The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry...
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