240 Pages
by
Willan
240 Pages
by
Willan
240 Pages
by
Willan
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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... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Not quite what the government had in mind: West Indian Immigration in the 1950s 3. The Police and British society in an era of affluence and decolonisation 4. Only on our terms: the Met's unhappy dialogue with representative organisations 5. The Home Secretary's overmighty subject - the Metropolitan Police 6. Black recruitment, racial awareness training and 'real policing' 7. Negative stereotyping: the Met and the West Indian immigrant 8. The road to Brixton and beyond: developments since 1970
Biography
Whitfield, James
