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Author Whitfield, James (Criminologist)

Title Unhappy dialogue : the Metropolitan Police and Black Londoners in post-war Britain / James Whitfield.

Publication Info. Cullompton, Devon ; Portland, Or. : Willan Pub., 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-219) and index.
Contents Cover; Contents; List of tables and figures; List of abbreviations; Preface and acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Note quite what the government had in mind: West Indian immigration in the 1950's; 2 The police and British society in an era of affluence and decolonisation; 3 Only on our terms: the Met's unhappy dialogue with representative organisations; 4 The home Secretary's over-mighty subject: the Netropolitan Police; 5 Recruitment problems, racial awareness training and becoming a real policeman; 6 Negative stereotyping: the Met and the West Indian Immigrant.
7 Lack of commitment, lessons that went unheeded and the dawn of a new eraAppendix I List of interviewees; Appendix II; Appendix III; Bibliography; Index.
Summary This book is concerned with the origins of the often difficult relationship between the Metropolitan Police and London's West Indian community, and is the first detailed account of the relationship between them during the crucial early decades of largescale immigration. It shows how and why the early seeds of mistrust between police and black immigrants were sown, culminating in the subsequent riots and public enquiries - in particular the Scarman and MacPherson enquiries. Drawing upon a wide range of interviews as well as detailed archival research, this book also sheds new light on the relat.
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Subject Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Service.
Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Service.
London -- Police Department.
Police -- England -- London -- Attitudes.
Police.
England -- London.
Police -- England -- London -- Public opinion.
Public opinion.
Public opinion -- England -- London.
Discrimination in law enforcement -- England -- London.
Discrimination in law enforcement.
Police -- Complaints against -- England -- London.
Police -- Complaints against.
Police-community relations -- England -- London.
Police-community relations.
London (England) -- Race relations.
Racism -- England -- London.
Racism.
Race discrimination -- England -- London.
Race discrimination.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Police.
Racism.
Other Form: Print version: Whitfield, James, Dr. Unhappy dialogue. Cullompton, Devon ; Portland, Or. : Willan Pub., 2004 (DLC) 2004303969 (OCoLC)56043885
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