| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, newspaper cuttings, minutes, reports, leaflets, copies of published material and finding requests relating to John Brown, Director of the Department of European Languages and Institutions, Cranfield Institute of Technology and his publications on policing in Handsworth and more generally on black relations in Handsworth. Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust, Southfield Trust, Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: Brown is Director of the Department of European Languages and Institutions, Cranfield Institute of Technology carrying out research on police methods. ‘Policing by Multi-Racial Consent’ followed his first book, ‘Shades of Gray’. Both works proved contentious in the media. The primary aim of the Cranford M.Sc. Research Programme in Social Policy and Institutions, which Brown directs, is to provide professionally qualified and experienced people in the statutory and voluntary services with an academic opportunity by which to contribute research of a practical value to their own institutions or to society at large. Nature of support: The Trust provided a small grant to support a conference the prevention of crime in Europe to the Cranfield Institute. A series of small grants were also made to support aspects of John Brown's research and transport costs. A Fund grant was also made to a superintendent of the Derbyshire Constabulary to travel to the United States to study crowd control techniques. Minutes: B&GSCT 4309, B&GSCT 4462, B&GSCT 4463, B&GSCT 4464, B&GSCT 4486, B&GSCT 4538, BCF 1629, BCF 1727, ST 10/77, ST 14/77, ST 10/78. Notes: Perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of this file relates to the press coverage of Brown's publications and the degree to which the Cadbury Trusts were drawn into the matter. File organised by date from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |