dispotional study: natcen report into the london riots

• the aim of the natcen study was to explore what triggered youth involvement int he august riots in 2011
• participants were interviewed individually or in groups of 2 or 4 in the natcen study
• 36 were in the sample for the natcen reports
• the interviews for the natcen study took place five weeks after the riots took place
• the sample for the natcen report was a even split of over and under eighteen year olds, diversity of gender,ethnicity and work status, a vast majority still in education
• a range of differnt people were involved: mixture of age, ethnicities and jobs status
• categories of involvement in the riots were

  -watcher(bystanders and curious)

  -rioters(protesters,retaliatiors and thrill seekers)

  -looters(opportunists and sellers)

  -non-involved(stay aways and wannabes)
• key motivators were benefiting form and exciting experience, opportunity to get stuff w/o paying and getting back at police
• dispotional factors that affcted young people were previos criminal activity, attitudes towards authority and prospects
• a nudge factor is something that encourages involvement
• a tug factor is somehting that dicourages involvement
• an example of nudge and tugs for the dispotional factor of previos criminal activity

  nudge-easy to get involved

  tug-been caught once know risks
• nudge and tug for dispositional factor of attitudes towards authority

  nudge-cynicism/anger toward politicians, negative view of police

  tug-no negative experience with police
• nudge and tug for the dispositional factor of prospects

  nudge-poor job prospects, low income, limited hope, nothing to loe

  tug-in work or expectations, aspirations
• the influences of antisocial behaviour that the natcen report concludes

  -collective behaviour

  -dispositional factors

  -what young people believe is right or wrong

  -an individual assessment of the risk and benefits of involvements