Dynamics of Collective Conflict: Riots at the Bathurst Bike Races

• Main Authors: CUNNEEN, Chris, FINDLAY, Mark, LYNCH, Rob, TUPPER, Vernon
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1988
• Subjects: Riots; motocycle racing; riot control; Australia; Criminal Procedure; Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2067
• Institution: Singapore Management University

An analysis of the riots which occurred at the annual Bathurst motorcycle races during the early to mid 1980s. The book reviews the method and theory of research into collective disorder, studies the history and cultural processes of the Bathurst riots, and analyses the formal responses to the riot...