Hillsborough : the truth / Phil Scraton.

By:

Scraton, Phil

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Mainstream, 1999.Description: 208 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

1840181567

DDC classification:

363.140942821 21
796.334/0942 21

Partial contents:

1. Courting disaster. - - 2. 15 April 1989. - - 3. Finding their own level. - - 4. From disaster to tragedy. - - 5. The pain of death. - - 6.From deceit to denial. - - 7. Verdicts beyond reason. - - 8. No last rights. - - 9. In whose interest ? - - 10. Sanitising Hillsborough. - - 11. A case to answer.

Subject: The Hillsborough disaster left 96 men, women and children dead, hundreds injured and thousands traumatised. This account details the tragic day and the subsequent seven-week-long trial. It reveals the contradictions between the Taylor Inquiry, which found the main reason for the disaster to be falure of police control, the South Yorkshire police acceptance of liability in negligence and the controversial inquest system which returned verdicts of accidental death when negligence had been clearly established. It also exposes the appalling treatment endured by the bereaved and survivors in the immediate aftermath, the inhumanity of the identification process; problems concerning the emergency response; and the systematic review and alteration of police statements by South Yorkshire police managers and their solicitors.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	796.334 SCR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900184946

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The Hillsborough disaster left 96 men, women and children dead, hundreds injured and thousands traumatised. This account details the tragic day and the subsequent seven-week-long trial. It reveals the contradictions between the Taylor Inquiry, which found the main reason for the disaster to be falure of police control, the South Yorkshire police acceptance of liability in negligence and the controversial inquest system which returned verdicts of accidental death when negligence had been clearly established. It also exposes the appalling treatment endured by the bereaved and survivors in the immediate aftermath, the inhumanity of the identification process; problems concerning the emergency response; and the systematic review and alteration of police statements by South Yorkshire police managers and their solicitors.

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