THE DARK SIDE OF PURPOSE - INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE IN RIOTS

Authors
MCPHAIL C
Citation
C. Mcphail, THE DARK SIDE OF PURPOSE - INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE IN RIOTS, Sociological quarterly, 35(1), 1994, pp. 1-32
Citations number
103
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology
Journal title
Sociological quarterly → ACNP
ISSN journal
00380253
Volume
35
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1 - 32
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-0253(1994)35:1<1:TDSOP->2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A review of riot and riot participation research requires rejection of structural strain and deprivation-frustration-aggression explanations . The complex and varied riot phenomena to be explained require a mode l of purposive actors. Competing models are reviewed. A perception con trol theory explanation of riot participation is supported by experime ntal and ethnographic evidence.