Reading the Riots

Many of you have been waiting for some academic analysis of the Summer riots in the UK. I know this because you've been looking for such analysis in some of my training sessions, largely without success.

But that's soon to change as The Guardian, in conjunction with The London School of Economics (LSE) is about to publish a major report on December 14th looking into the causes of the riots called Reading the Riots. The Guardian today has a pre-report summing up of how the research was carried out and who was involved.

One more thing. Assuming this reaches your inbox in time, it might be worth watching Newsnight live tonight (Monday) on BBC2 at 10:30pm (remember that BBC iplayer is always an option too); they will also be covering the riots and broadcasting interviews with some of the young people involved.