Overview
Hillsborough- The Truth was first published in 1999 to universal acclaim. Established as the definitive, unique account of the disaster in which 96 men, women and children died, hundreds were injured and thousands were traumatised, it details the appalling treatment endured by the bereaved and survivors in the immediate aftermath and the inhumanity of the identification process. The book reveals the inadequacies of the police investigations, official inquiries and inquests, and uncovers the systematic review and alteration of South Yorkshire police statements conducted with the approval of police investigators and Lord Justice Taylor s inquiry. It also examines in depth the subsequent private prosecution and trial of two senior police officers in 2000. Using verbatim accounts, Scraton's detailed analysis demonstrates the inadequacy of legal processes and the remarkable breadth of judicial discretion undermining and inhibiting such cases. Powerful, disturbing and harrowing, Hillsborough- The T
Full Product Details
Author: P Scraton
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint: Mainstream Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.30cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 23.20cm
Weight: 0.362kg
ISBN: 9781845964955
ISBN 10: 1845964950
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 02 April 2009
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""This book is dynamite. A 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"
This book is dynamite. A 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
Author Information
Phil Scraton is Professor of Criminology at Queen's University, Belfast. His latest books are Power, Conflict and Criminalisation and The Violence of Incarceration.
