RT Research Data
T1 Context and motive in the perpetuation of racial harassment and violence in North Staffordshire, 2004
A1 Jefferson, Tony 1946-
A2 Gadd, David 1975-
A2 Dixon, Bill
LA English
PP Colchester
PB UK Data Service
YR 2006
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1876028726
AB This project addressed the question of why some people engage in racially-motivated violence, and how their motivations for doing so intersect and/or conflict with publicly-expressed nationalist, racist/anti-racist, and religious sentiments. The research was conducted in North Staffordshire, and drew on documentary evidence, in-depth interviews with perpetrators and other individuals, and focus groups conducted with members of the local community. The research found that industrial decline had led to many people in North Staffordshire feeling a sense of loss, in that a whole way of life had gone, never to return. Very many white residents saw the presence of migrant and minority ethnic populations as an emblem of the local area's decline, and an uncomfortable reminder of their inability to secure decent lives for themselves and their families. Some of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable people were trying to cope with their feelings of shame, envy and disgust by projecting them often aggressively, sometimes violently onto migrant and minority ethnic groups and individuals.
K1 Age
K1 Alcoholism
K1 Asians
K1 Assault
K1 Binge drinking
K1 British National Party
K1 broken families
K1 Children
K1 Communities
K1 Community life
K1 crime and security
K1 crime victims
K1 Criminals
K1 cultural identy
K1 Domestic Violence
K1 drinking behaviour
K1 Drug Abuse
K1 economic activity
K1 EDUCATIONAL background
K1 Employment
K1 employment oppotunities
K1 Ethnic conflict
K1 Families
K1 Family cohesion
K1 Gender
K1 Health
K1 Housing policy
K1 Immigrants
K1 Immigration
K1 internal politics
K1 Living conditions
K1 Local Government
K1 Marital Status
K1 marriage mdissolution
K1 Mental Health
K1 national background
K1 national front(United Kingdom)
K1 National Identity
K1 offences
K1 political attitude
K1 Political Participation
K1 prison sentences
K1 Probation
K1 psychotic disorders
K1 Race relations
K1 racial prejudice
K1 Racism
K1 Refugees
K1 Religious Affiliation
K1 social housing
K1 Forschungsdaten
DO 10.5255/UKDA-SN-5274-1