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Informationen zum Autor Taimi L. Castle, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Justice Studies and Director, Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence at James Madison UniversityBenjamin D. Meade, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Justice Studies at James Madison University Klappentext Blending history, scholarly analysis, and pop culture, this book provides the necessary context to understand vigilantism in the US and globally. Zusammenfassung Blending history, scholarly analysis, and pop culture, this book provides the necessary context to understand vigilantism in the US and globally. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Vigilantes!Vigilantism: American as Apple PieDefining VigilantismConclusionChapter 2: The Final Frontier: Theorizing Vigilantism, The State, and Identity Frontier TheoriesVigilantes and the StateDisciplinary PowerIdentity and MasculinityCultural CriminologyConclusionChapter 3: It Takes a Village: Vigilantes on PatrolVigilance Committees in the United StatesAnti-Black VigilantesAnti-Crime PatrolsAnti-Migrant VigilantesConclusionChapter 4: Pop Culture Vigilantes: Dirt, Death, and DarknessEvery Dirty Job: Legal Vigilantism and Dirty HarryBest Served Cold: Revenge Vigilante Films and Death WishDexter: The Dark DefenderConclusionChapter 5: Superhero Vigilantes: Watch Superman Fly Away Are His Methods Supernatural? The Components of Superhero VigilantismDeath's Head: The Punisher Who Watches Watchmen?ConclusionChapter 6: Don't F**k with DigilantesDigilantism DefinedName and ShameWebsleuthingScambaiting and HacktivismWebstingsConsequences of DigilantismConclusionChapter 7: ViralantesHIV/AIDSPandemic ViralantesConspiracy Explanations and MoreConclusionChapter 8: ConclusionBibliographyIndexAbout the Authors
