Why did so many youths riot in London?

Name: Why did so many youths riot in London?
Uploaded: 2011-08-09T22:12:21.000Z
Duration: 2 min 30 s
Description: More than 600 people have been arrested after Monday night's rioting. Most of those arrested where young men in their 20s and have already appeared in court.

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Many of the 600 people arrested after Monday's rioting are young men in their 20s who have never had a previous skirmish with the law.

So what turned so many young people into rioters?

The BBC's Philippa Thomas reports.

9 August 2011