Is vigilantism an "extralegal" phenomenon?

This chapter makes a critique of contemporary definitions of vigilantism in the social sciences. I demonstrate that many scholarly definitions, especially those that conceptualize vigilantism as an extralegal practice, involve problematic normative assumptions. Such definitions, I argue, often preco...

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Main Author: Tuesta, Diego (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Punishment in Latin America
Year: 2025, Pages: 183-199
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Keywords:
Legal order
Global South
Values
Vigilantism
epistemological vigilance
extralegality
Hybridization
state-centric vigilantism