LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Joyriders clash with police in Oxford

Genre

Interview

TX Date

4 Sep 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:16

Description

Police Superintendent Ralph Perry on sending riot police onto Blackbird Leys housing estate in Oxford on the third night of clashes between joyriding youths and police. The youths had threatened coordinated attacks on local police. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

Ralph Perry

Keywords

Police; Violence; Adolescents; Riots; Policing practice; Juvenile delinquency; Oxford; Antisocial behaviour; Residential estates; Joyriding; Blackbird Leys

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