Shadow vigilantes: how distrust in the justice system breeds a new kind of lawlessness

Fear, meet indifference: breaching the social contract -- The moral vigilante -- The shadow vigilantes -- Sparking the shadow vigilante impulse -- Ten rules for the moral vigilante -- Moral vigilantes breaking bad: community drug wars -- How being right can risk wrongs -- Community complicity with v...

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Main Author: Robinson, Paul H. (Author)
Contributors: Robinson, Sarah M.
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst, New York Prometheus Books 2018
In:Year: 2018
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Crime Prevention > Citizen participation > United States
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States
Law Enforcement > United States
Vigilantes > United States
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Summary:Fear, meet indifference: breaching the social contract -- The moral vigilante -- The shadow vigilantes -- Sparking the shadow vigilante impulse -- Ten rules for the moral vigilante -- Moral vigilantes breaking bad: community drug wars -- How being right can risk wrongs -- Community complicity with vigilantes -- The community as shadow vigilantes -- Criminal justice officials as shadow vigilantes -- Blowback and the downward spiral -- The damages and dangers of the community perceiving the system as being indifferent to doing justice -- What it takes to stop the vigilante echo
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:344 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781633884311