ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Context and Motive in the Perpetuation of Racial Harassment and Violence in North Staffordshire, 2004 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:5274</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigators </H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Gadd, D.<br>Dixon, B.<br>Jefferson, T.<br>Keele University. Department of Criminology<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsor</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Economic and Social Research Council<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> March 2006 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Gadd, D., Dixon, B. and Jefferson, T., <i> Context and Motive in the Perpetuation of Racial Harassment and Violence in North Staffordshire, 2004</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], March 2006. SN: 5274, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5274-1 </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> D. Gadd and B. Dixon </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 5274 . Context and Motive in the Perpetuation of Racial Harassment and Violence in North Staffordshire, 2004<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Gadd, D. , Keele University. Department of Criminology</h5> <h3>Principal Investigators:</h3> <h5>Gadd, D. , Keele University. Department of Criminology</h5> <h5>Dixon, B. , Keele University. Department of Criminology</h5> <h5>Jefferson, T. , Keele University. Department of Criminology</h5> <H3>Sponsor:</H3><H5> Economic and Social Research Council<br> <i class='myclass'> Grant Number:</i> RES-000-23-0171 </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>This project addressed the question of why some people engage in racially-motivated violence, and how their motivations for doing so intersect and/or conflict with publicly-expressed nationalist, racist/anti-racist, and religious sentiments. The research was conducted in North Staffordshire, and drew on documentary evidence, in-depth interviews with perpetrators and other individuals, and focus groups conducted with members of the local community. The research found that industrial decline had led to many people in North Staffordshire feeling a sense of loss, in that a whole way of life had gone, never to return. Very many white residents saw the presence of migrant and minority ethnic populations as an emblem of the local area's decline, and an uncomfortable reminder of their inability to secure decent lives for themselves and their families. Some of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable people were trying to cope with their feelings of shame, envy and disgust by projecting them often aggressively, sometimes violently onto migrant and minority ethnic groups and individuals.</h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>This data collection comprises anonymised transcripts of both individual and focus group interviews.<br> <br> The individual interviews were conducted with 15 'perpetrators' (accused of, implicated in, or convicted of) racial harassment, each of whom was interviewed twice, and in one case three times. Topics covered include biographical details, family background, life experiences and offending behaviour. <br> <br> Focus group discussions were held with 13 different groups within local communities in North Staffordshire. Respondents were asked about issues to do with their experiences of living locally, their sense of identity, attitudes towards asylum-seekers, and their views on racially-aggravated assaults.<br> <br> Standard Measures<br> All individual perpetrators were interviewed using Hollway and Jeffersons' 'Free Association Narrative Interview Method' (see Hollway, W. and Jefferson, T. (2000) <i>Doing Qualitative Research Differently</i>, London: Sage).<br></h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> 2004 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> England <br><i class='myclass'>Geography: </i> Stoke-on-Trent; Staffordshire <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> No spatial unit <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Textual data; Semi-structured interview transcripts; Focus group transcripts </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> Subnational <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Perpetrators of racial harassment and other members of local communities, resident in North Staffordshire during 2004. </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Cross-sectional (one-time) study <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> No sampling (total universe) <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 15 perpetrators (31 individual interview transcripts) and 13 focus group transcripts <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview; Focus group <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> Not applicable </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.esds.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Qualidata, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: qualidata@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 27 March 2006<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5> D. Gadd and B. Dixon</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>4 January 2012</h5> </body></html>