Political Violence and the Response (From Future of Political Violence, P 167-176, 1986, Richard Clutterbuck, eds. - See NCJ-103340)

• NCJ Number: 103343
• Author(s): J Dellow
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 10 pages
• Sale Source: St Martin's Press
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The spectrum of political violence in England has ranged from the exploitation of existing instability in communities and political demonstrations to bombings, assassination, and hostage-taking.

Abstract

Since 1970 in some parts of London, police intervention in street crimes often has been met by crowd-gathering and violence against police. In addition, there have been violent confrontations between groups of left- and right-wing demonstrators and a resurgence in the incidence of civil disobedience, often accompanied by violence. At the other end of the spectrum, there has been a continuing pattern of bombings, assasination, and hostage-taking. Throughout the 1970's, there was a high incidence of bombings of Middle Eastern and Irish origins. Some of the more spectacular incidents included an armed attack and hostage-taking in a central London building and the seizure of the Iranian embassy.