Losing the race :: thinking psychosocially about racially motivated crime /

Based on a two-year research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), this book explores why many of those involved in racially motivated crime seem to be struggling to cope with economic, cultural and emotional losses in their own lives. Drawing on in-depth biographical in...

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Main Author: Gadd, David, 1975-
Other Authors: Dixon, Bill
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Karnac, 2011.
Series:Explorations in psycho-social studies series.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Based on a two-year research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), this book explores why many of those involved in racially motivated crime seem to be struggling to cope with economic, cultural and emotional losses in their own lives. Drawing on in-depth biographical interviews with perpetrators of racist crimes and focus group discussions with ordinary people living in the same communities, the book explores why it is that some people, and not others, feel inclined to attack immigrants and minority ethnic groups. The relationships between ordinary racism, racial.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxix, 258 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index.
ISBN:9781849408684
1849408688
0429901615
9780429901614
0429476841
9780429476846
1283071142
9781283071147
9786613071149
6613071145

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