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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"vigilante"”.
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The vigilante strain and the spaces of the state in contemporary fiction
… a theoretical framework for the analysis of the vigilante in select works of contemporary fiction. Vigilantism is a concept that has no stable definition and varies in terms of the vigilante’s characteristics, motivations and aims. Popular culture manifestations of the vigilante portray the …
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Horse-Stealing and Man-Hanging: An Examination of Vigilantism in the Missouri Ozarks
… the Regulators, and the Sons of Honor, three vigilante organizations that formed in the Missouri Ozarks during the nineteenth century. Primary source documents indicate that vigilante organizations formed in Missouri, and throughout the United States, for a variety of reasons. This study …
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The Ku Klux Klan Movement in Williamson County, Illinois, 1923--1926
… Klux Klan of Williamson County, Illinois, was a vigilante organization to help enforce Prohibition. In this coal miners' country, the hooded order took over a citizens' movement that sought to remove the shameful sobriquet ""Bloody Williamson"" through a moral cleanup of the community. Though not …
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Shadow of the Vampire: Understanding the Transformations of an Icon in Popular Culture
… two centuries the character has evolved into the vigilante anti-hero. This paper analyzes the transformation of the vampire character asking, "How can it be that something that should provoke fear and repulsion is now an icon of popular culture?" Use of Joseph Campbell’s theories of mythology and …
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Destroying Blackness One Body At A Time: Examining The Mediated Representations Of Lynchings Past And Present
… as foundational to modern police and vigilante killings. A critical race virtual ethnography was conducted to explore the similarities and differences between historical lynchings and the recent killings of black men in the media. I have outlined that there are many problematic …
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The people and the park : how a small Mexican community created one of the world's most successful marine preserves
… requested the marine protected area, acted as vigilante enforcers for the park's rules, and worked to prevent proposed developments that might damage the ecosystem. As the ecosystem has recovered, they have been able to reap the economic benefits of the park, opening dive shops and restaurants. …
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Responsabilidad civil individual del médico
… de los primeros códigos en recalcar la actividad vigilante de la sociedad civil sobre la actuación profesional médica a través del mecanismo sancionador judicial del estado lo constituye el conocido Código de Hammmurabi (2000AC). Otros Códigos o cuerpos legislativos, como el Ta Tsin Leu Lec han …
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'Dominoes'
… on his community and on him personally, become a vigilante. He haphazardly targets his local crime hierarchy, confronting them with the same destructive violence that they terrorize the community with. As things escalate, his friend, a local policeman, as well as one of his students, are drawn …
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A new sphere of vigilantism in South Africa in the age of social media? Operation Wanya Tsotsi- an analysis of prospects for collaboration with the Police
… the example of Operation Wanya Tsotsi, an online vigilante group, is used. By examining their Facebook page in light of current criminal law remedies, this paper establishes the extent to which their method is problematic and illegal. In addition, it gives an example of what successful …
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Supporting and Transforming High-Stakes Investigations with Expert-Led Crowdsourcing
… but lack expertise and may engage in vigilante behavior. In this dissertation, I introduce and evaluate the framework of expert-led crowdsourcing through three studies across two domains, journalism and law enforcement. First, through an ethnographic study of two law enforcement murder …
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Numerical study of two-dimensional smart structures
In this thesis we use a new numerical code, based upon a mixed FEM-Runge-Kutta method, for the analysis and the design of plane 2-dimensional smart structures. We applied the developed code to the study of arbitrarily shaped piezo-electromechanical (PEM) plates. This code is based on a weak …
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Exploring Racial Disparities of Victimization in Three Core Dimensions of Stand Your Ground Law: The Case of Florida
… for allowing ordinary citizens to carry out vigilante justice. The media has shed light on a few incidents which indicate that young black males may be vulnerable to SYG laws. Prior research on SYG laws have mostly focused on racial disparities in the outcomes of cases and deterrence effects …
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Empregado hipersuficiente: emancipação ou nova precarização?
… lei, exigindo do Poder Judiciário uma atuação vigilante para evitar o retrocesso social.
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Punishment and Violence in Organisation Studies
… paper explores the use of extreme practices by vigilantes through an empirical case of a British pedophile hunting team, offering a theoretical contrition by showing that these practices are animated by the heroic logic of the vigilante lifeworld and its associated “ways-of-being.” The second …
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Decentralising the South African Police Service: Does South Africa's current public safety crisis and the de facto decentralising of policing necessitate a critical evaluation of its present policing model?
… their own safety, including the creation of vigilante organisations. In Cape Town a de facto decentralised police service has been created, which in itself presents a serious problem however also reflects the demand for more localised and nuanced policing in South Africa.
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Narrativas lésbicas: vivências e sobrevivências constituintes de si
… uma leitura mais situada e geopolítica, porque vigilante das abundantes diferenças produzidas por sistemas opressores. No caminho metodológico, a pesquisa narrativa (auto)biográfica foi eleita como fonte e método de pesquisa qualitativa em Educação, constituindo-se em uma fonte (re)produtora de …
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Preventing Crime in Communities: A Critical Analysis of Community Safety in a Lower Income Neighbourhood in Nairobi, Kenya
… collective violence and the formation of vigilante groups.<br/><br/>This thesis argues that a community safety approach to crime prevention can enhance collective efficacy, and effectively improve security through developing subtle informal social control mechanisms to regulate deviant …
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Regulating the republic: violence and order in the Cherokee-Georgia borderlands, 1820-1840
… A multitude of groups, including a multiracial vigilante group, the Slicks, a state sponsored military unit, the Georgia Guard, and a large-scale use of federal troops and state militiamen, all sought to regulate the social landscape of the borderlands. In the highly partisan world of the …
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A People's War: The Transformation of German Politics, 1913-1918
… to a popular version, dominated by rumors and vigilante crowds in a sensationalized urban landscape that the government was unable to shape, direct, or control. The dissertation concludes by exploring the ongoing popular manifestations of the war: the food riots in 1915, postcards, celebrations …
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Criminal strategies of competing protagonists in the 'development' of Crossroads 1990-9: The Transition from Apartheid "oilspot" to democratic civil society
… major outbreak of violence led by his "witdoeke"vigilante group of older local 'traditional' leaders and their followers backed by the local government authorities and supported by government security forces attacking the residents of KTC, burning their homes and laying the area to waste on the …
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