Back Виджилантизъм Bulgarian Vigilantismus German اجرای خودسرانه قانون Persian Figilantisme Frisian לקיחת החוק לידיים HE Vigilantisme ID Vigilantism SIMPLE Vigilantizm Turkish

Vigilantism

"Vigilante" redirects here. For other uses, see Vigilante (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with lynching.
The "Bald Knobbers", an 1880s vigilante group from Missouri – as portrayed in the 1919 film The Shepherd of the Hills

Vigilantism (/vɪdʒɪˈlæntɪzəm/) is the act of preventing, investigating, and punishing perceived offenses and crimes without legal authority.[1][2]

A vigilante is a person who practices or partakes in vigilantism, or undertakes public safety and retributive justice without commission.

  1. ^ Bateson, Regina (2020). "The Politics of Vigilantism". Comparative Political Studies. 54 (6): 923–955. doi:10.1177/0010414020957692. ISSN 0010-4140. S2CID 224924776.
  2. ^ Cohen, Dara Kay; Jung, Danielle F.; Weintraub, Michael (2022). "Collective Vigilantism in Global Comparative Perspective". Comparative Politics. 55 (2): 239–261. doi:10.5129/001041523x16630894935073. S2CID 252721449.

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