NatCen

Question 1

N - Aim

Answer 1

To find what triggered the Tottenham riots in 2011, specifically young people.

Question 2

N - Type

Answer 2

Interviews

Question 3

N - Sample

Answer 3

36 young people aged around 18. Included both genders, a range of ethnicities, and those still in education.

Question 4

N - Procedure

Answer 4

Five weeks after the riots, the sample were interviewed on what happened. They had informed consent.

Question 5

N - What were the four types of participants involved?

Answer 5

Watchers - bystanders and curious.
Rioters - protestors, retaliators, and thrill-seekers.
Looters - opportunists and sellers.
Non-involved - stay aways and wannabes.

Question 6

N - What were the situational nudge or tug factors?

Answer 6

Group processes, peer pressure, information, presence of an authority figure.

Question 7

N - What were the dispositional nudge or tug factors?

Answer 7

Previous criminal activity, attitudes towards authority, prospects.

Question 8

N - What were the other nudge or tug factors?

Answer 8

Family attitudes, community, belonging, poverty and materialism.

Question 9

N - Conclusion

Answer 9

Anti-social behaviour is mainly determined by dispositional factors and collective behaviour.

Question 10

N - Criticisms

Answer 10

Small sample, researchers struggled to find a sample so resulted to those imprisoned, people may have given socially desirable responses, answers relied on memory, researchers adapted findings to fit within their categories.