RT Article
T1 ‘Killing Is Just The Best Solution’: Lynching As Informal Incapacitation
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 62
IS 3
SP 699
OP 715
A1 Tiwa, Dany Franck A.
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1800843968
AB This article highlights two overlooked drivers of lynching violence: the will to ensure that caught offenders will no longer victimize anybody, and the need for perpetrators of lynching to mitigate the risks associated with their participation. It uses the concepts of lethal and non-lethal informal incapacitation to explain lynching outcomes (‘killing’ and ‘serious beatings’) that are otherwise unintelligible. Evidence is drawn from individual and group interviews with more than a hundred key informants in Nigeria.
K1 Lynching
K1 Informal incapacitation
K1 Jungle justice
K1 Nigeria
DO 10.1093/bjc/azab088