Science news articles about 'london riots'

There's no single explanation for the London riots, but sociologists and psychologists explain different aspects of the violent mob behavior.

... after a weekend of vandalism and looting that erupted in a disadvantaged London neighborhood just miles (kilometers) from the site ...

Blackberry network, not Twitter or Facebook, said to emerge as key organizing channel

... media role in the U.K. Tottenham riots to a study that question how much you love ...

The What's Trending panel discusses if governments have the right to take you off social media. Shay Carl: "Communication has to flow freely." (August 16, 2011)

Research into the 2011 London riots found they were mostly committed by antisocial persons, less than 20% of whom were explicitly ... , and Matthew Beadman of UCL (University College London), London's clinical psychology programme, has been published ...

... research found that anger at the police was a major fuel for the London riots, with 86% of rioters citing policing ... .May said police were right to stop and search those caught in the riots as often as they did, but said use of the controversial tactic should ...

British police on Tuesday loaded almost 3,000 images onto a smartphone App and invited the public to help them identify people suspected of taking part in last year's London riots.

... trigger event is all it will take for a repeat of the riots that plagued London and other cities across the country last summer, according to an expert from Royal Holloway, University ...