SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture 22: Riot Case Studies
2 Dec 2016
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Uk st. paul 1980: prior to inner city riots across major uk cities, precipitating event: police raid on black owned caf in bristol locally owned stores. Rioters were not anonymous, and expressed strong: certain features of the riot refute le bon"s (cid:498)group mind(cid:499) Subsequent riot in area, spread out to other cities. Riots occurred at night: emergent norm theory would be better here (cid:498)racial tension(cid:499) insufficient in other cases opportunity to riot/loot. Evidence than many used the duggan shooting as an. Ringleaders coordinate, serve as models for others to. Role of technology in coordinating riots: emergent norms, blackberry bbm ringleaders used it to organized locations, underlying causes. Youth unemployment: london school of economics (lse) report on causes. Youth bulge: high youth unemployment, lack of education, and growing 13-30 demographic. Vancouver riot 2011: precipitating event: game of 7 defeat against boston bruins. 140 injured, 100+ arrest, . 2 mill damages: most common conditions for sports riots.
