Criminology - Causes of the 2011 London Riots.
BBC on Croydon riots (Photo: Carlos62) Clashes broke out in Enfield, north London, on Sunday evening where shop windows were smashed and a police car damaged. But on Monday the rioting spread like wildfire to many areas: Hackney in the east, Ealing in the west, Walthamstow and Waltham Forest in north London and to Clapham, Croydon, Lewisham and Brixton in the south of the city.
The riots that occurred in London, and throughout other parts of the UK in the summer of 2011 put the spotlight on social media, especially by those who argued it was used as a tool for inciting.
This video gives a detailed account of the UK riots in 2011. Students can be encouraged to apply theories of crime and deviance to this phenomenon. Which theories offer the best explanations? Browse our growing collection of teaching resources for the Crime and Deviance topic in AQA A Level.
London riots A series of riots that began after a peaceful march in August, 2011, in response to the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan earlier that month by the London Metropolitan Police Service. The Service was trying to arrest him on suspicion of a planned revenge attack after the fatal stabbing of his cousin.
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By contrast, the London riot was exceptionally multiethnic. Some ethnic groups were overrepresented among the rioters, like people of Caribbean descent. But no single group was in the majority. This makes the London riot especially intriguing for sociologists. Heading image: Shop fire during London riots, 2011 by Andy Armstrong.