This book explores the many ways in which The Lawrence Report (1999) has impacted on the police service, and on society more widely. It also assesses the extent to which, in retrospect, the Macpherson Inquiry has led to significant changes to policing, and highlights areas where future efforts ought to be concentrated.

Mike Rowe is a Reader in Criminology at Northumbria University. Prior to this he was Associate Professor at Victoria University, Wellington, and Vice President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology.

Introduction: Policing and Racism in the Limelight - the politics and context of the Lawrence Report 1. The Historical Context: Policing and Black People in Post-War Britain 2. Diversity or Anarchy? The Post-Macpherson Blues 3. Police Diversity Training: a Silver-Bullet Tarnished? 4. Understanding 'Institutional Racism': The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry and the Police Service Reaction 5. Black Police Associations and the Lawrence Report 6. Policing Muslim Communities 7. Macpherson, Police Stops and Institutionalised Racism 8. Reform by Crisis: The Murder of Stephen Lawrence and a Socio-Historical Analysis of Developments in the Conduct of Major Crime Investigations 9. View from Within - the realities of promoting race and diversity inside the police service