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Reading the riots

A data-driven study into the causes and consequences of the August 2011 riots

19 July 2012

  • Looted Carhartt store

    Court order prevents BBC from broadcasting film about riots

    Film – due to be broadcast at 9pm – was based on testimony of interviews conducted for Guardian and LSE research

4 July 2012

  • Metropolitan police officer holds his helmet

    Riots report shows London needs to maintain police numbers, says mayor

  • Aftermath of riots in Croydon

    Riots broken down: who was in court and what's happened to them?

3 July 2012

  • Keir Starmer

    Rapid riot prosecutions more important than long sentences, says Keir Starmer

  • Protesters Riot In Tottenham

    Riot sentencing put 'nice kids' behind bars, lawyers say

  • Scales of justice

    Disaster averted but questions remain over courts' response to riots

  • Croydon magistrates court

    Courtroom profiles: 'I think the lives of all of us have changed'

  • Chaos in the courts as justice system rushed to restore order

  • Debates after the riots find local differences and a common theme

  • Tottenham riots: residents unite to rebuild community - video

  • Croydon riots: 'People were like animals that night' - video

  • Liverpool riots: 'They wrecked what little they have here' - video

  • Birmingham riots: 'It was a bandwagon thing' - video

  • Peckham riots: 'We need to help young people make better decisions' - video

  • Reading the Riots: community conversations - video

2 July 2012

  • Police: cutting to the chase

    Editorial: Politicians have too often tended to pander to the police's own old view that extra spending guarantees increased public safely

  • Policing England's riots: 'The scale was vast' – video

    Adrian Roberts, Metropolitan police commander during the London riots in August 2011, tells Paul Lewis they did not have sufficient numbers of police officers

    • Policing England's riots: 'The Met had lost the streets' - video

    • Reading the Riots: 'I have no doubt the riots will happen again' - video

    • The riots fractured our relationship with the police – it must be rebuilt

      David Lammy
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