Hillsborough by P Scraton
Reveals the inadequacies of police investigations, and official inquiries, and uncovers the systematic review and alteration of South Yorkshire police statements that are conducted with the approval of police investigators and Lord Justice Taylor's inquiry. This book examines the private prosecution and trial of two senior police officers in 2000.
"This book is dynamiteA brilliant achievement, a real page-turner" -- Jimmy McGovern "A painful but compelling read ... an impressive amount of new information [which] should be compulsory reading for everybody in football" The Sunday Times "I read this book in a fog of anger ... A scarcely believably story of incompetence and mendacity" The Independent "It cannot fail to make anyone who reads it feel shocked and furious" Sunday Mirror "An invaluable summary of the availably evidence" When Saturday Comes
Phil Scraton is Professor of Criminology at Queen's University, Belfast. His latest books are Power, Conflict and Criminalisation and The Violence of Incarceration.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845964955 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845964950 |
| Title | Hillsborough |
| Author | P Scraton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-04-02 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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