AMERICAN BLACK GHETTO REVOLT - A NEW PERSPECTIVE

• NCJ Number: 3809
• Journal: Police Journal Volume: 45 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY-MARCH 1972) Pages: 13-25
• Author(s): M J ABUDU
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: Butterworth
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: Canada

Annotation

THEORY WHICH SUGGESTS THAT BLACK URBAN VIOLENCE SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A FORM OF NON-CONVENTIONAL PROTEST AND AS AN INTRINSIC PART OF THE TOTAL POLITICAL PROCESS.

Abstract

EVIDENCE FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES, INCLUDING THE KERNER COMMISSION REPORT, IS OFFERED IN SUPPORT OF THE THEORY. CERTAIN CORRECTIVES ARE INDICATED, AMONG THEM THE RECOGNITION OF THE BLACK GHETTO AS AN EMERGING SOCIAL MOVEMENT, THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPENING OF CHANNELS FOR THE ARTICULATION OF GHETTO GRIEVANCES, AND THE TRANSMISSION OF ORGANIZATION SKILLS TO POTENTIAL GHETTO LEADERS.