Scarman Inquiry into the Brixton riots

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gptkbp:instanceOf public inquiry
gptkbp:commissioned 1981
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
Home Secretary William Whitelaw
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:criticizedFor police use of stop and search powers
gptkbp:headOfState gptkb:Leslie_Scarman
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Scarman Inquiry into the Brixton riots
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Police_and_Criminal_Evidence_Act_1984
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:location gptkb:Brixton,_London,_England
gptkbp:officialName The Scarman Report
gptkbp:plotSummary no evidence of institutional racism in the police
racial disadvantage was a significant factor
gptkbp:publicationDate November 1981
gptkbp:purpose investigate causes of the Brixton riots
gptkbp:recommendation community relations improvements
reforms to policing
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Brixton_riots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Leslie_George_Scarman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8