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Four Types of Vigilantism
1) victims unleashing more force than the law permits under the doctrine of self-defense
2) retaliatory actions carried out on behalf of victims by family members or close friends
3) victims avenging an earlier incident
4) spontaneous mob actions in which a crowd responds to a victim's plea for help and gets carried away, beating or killing suspects, represents vigilantism by bystanders
2) retaliatory actions carried out on behalf of victims by family members or close friends
3) victims avenging an earlier incident
4) spontaneous mob actions in which a crowd responds to a victim's plea for help and gets carried away, beating or killing suspects, represents vigilantism by bystanders
Flashcard info:
Author: ackerman_jordan
Main topic: Criminology
Topic: Victimology
School / Univ.: UNR
City: Reno
Published: 09.05.2010