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The Guardian and The London School of Economics will work together in the first empirical study in the riots and looting

The causes and consequences of the riots last month in English, the struggle of the worst civil unrest in a generation, will be examined in a study conducted by The Guardian and The London School of Economics.

Researchers interviewed hundreds of people who participated in the first empirical study in the riots and looting.

and investigate those who took part in the disorder, the survey will include interviews with residents, police and justice, and advanced analysis of over 2.5 million posts riots Twitter.

study - Reading riots - is supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Open Society Foundation. The project, announced on the eve of the anniversary of one month before the start of problems in Tottenham, north London, will seek to better understand why the riots then spread to other parts of the capital cities England.

four consecutive nights of looting and arson in August have killed five people and arrested over 2,000 suspects. Police investigations should identify the persons responsible for the disease will take several years.

read the riot is based on a survey hailed as a consequence of the riots in Detroit in 1967. The results of this study, the result of an unprecedented collaboration between the Detroit Free Press and the Institute for Social Research of Michigan, challenged the prevailing assumptions about the cause of the riots.

professor Phil Meyer, who coordinated the study in Detroit more than four decades, the research councils for the riots in English. The participation of the LSE will be led by Professor Tim Newburn, head of social policy of the university, which has the most research possible in the UK.

Newburn, former president of the British Society of Criminology and advisor to the Metropolitan Police and the Interior Ministry, said: "There is an urgent need for a thorough investigation will be social, without prejudice in causes and consequences of the recent unrest.

attempts have been made systematically to talk to people involved in the riots. A panel of victims announced by the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, is evidence of residents in areas where there were riots and preliminary results of the report in November. The panel of four will be chaired by Darra Singh, chief executive of Jobcentre Plus.
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gather a team of academics and experts and to combine quantitative research methods and qualitattive. At the heart of the project are two unique databases compiled by The Guardian last month.

The first is a database of more than 1,100 defendants who appeared before the court for offenses related to a riot. The list, compiled with the help of the Ministry of Justice, composed of over 70% of those who appeared before the courts and magistrates of the crown. Many have the opportunity to participate in the study in the coming weeks.

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