TA 19 Mar 14: Race in Police Disciplinaries – Protestant Fishermen in Scotland




Thinking Allowed show

Summary: Race in police 'misconduct' proceedings - Laurie Taylor talks to Graham Smith from University of Manchester School of Law about his research exploring the perception that ethnic minority police officers are disproportionally subjected to ‘misconduct’ proceedings. Also, Evangelical Fishermen – the lives and beliefs of fundamentalist Christians living in a remote Scottish fishing village. Joseph Webster, Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, discusses his study of an austere community of Protestant Brethren struggling with the crisis of the contemporary fishing industry.