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Shadow vigilantes : how distrust in the justice system breeds a new kind of lawlessness / by Paul H. Robinson and Sarah M. Robinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robinson, Paul H., 1948- author.
- Robinson, Sarah M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- United States.
- Law enforcement--United States.
- Law enforcement.
- Crime prevention--United States--Citizen participation.
- Crime prevention.
- Political participation.
- Vigilantes--United States.
- Vigilantes.
- Crime prevention--Citizen participation.
- Physical Description:
- 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018.
- Contents:
- I The Who and Why of Vigilantism
- 1 Fear, Meet Indifference: Breaching the Social Contract 19
- 2 The Moral Vigilante 33
- 3 The Shadow Vigilantes 49
- 4 Sparking the Shadow Vigilante Impulse 61
- II The Dangers of Even Moral Vigilantism
- 5 Ten Rules for the Moral Vigilante 97
- 6 Moral Vigilantes Breaking Bad: Community Drug Wars 111
- 7 How Being Right Can Risk Wrongs 127
- III The Subversions and Perversions of Shadow Vigilantism
- 8 Community Complicity with Vigilantes 147
- 9 The Community as Shadow Vigilantes 159
- 10 Criminal Justice Officials as Shadow Vigilantes 183
- IV The Vigilante Echo
- 11 Blowback and the Downward Spiral 201
- 12 The Damages and Dangers of the Community Perceiving the System as Being Indifferent to Doing Justice 215
- 13 What It Takes to Stop the Vigilante Echo 225.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Robinson, Paul H., 1948- Shadow vigilantes.
- ISBN:
- 9781633884311
- 1633884317
- OCLC:
- 1007494779
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