Stopping someone against their will can be false imprisonment or even kidnapping. There are laws that determine who is acting as a hero and who is acting as a vigilante.
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The Wagner rebellion in Russia has implications for African countries that depend on mercenaries and non-state armed groups for security.
For many Americans, law and order has long been as much a private matter as something for the government to handle.
In Ghana vigilante groups are formed to act on behalf of political parties.
Inefficient policing in Nigeria has forced many communities to rely on vigilante groups for security. Despite using force and violence, many groups even have support from authorities.
Nigeria’s failure to protect its citizens from Boko Haram’s insurgency has given rise to vigilante groups north east of the country.
In recent months, the UK has been gripped by cases of widespread organised child abuse – in Rotherham, Oxford, Rochdale and even Westminster. The police’s slow and incompetent reactions (and even complicity…
An increasingly popular weekend pastime among fans of Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Inspector Morse and others, are murder mystery parties at which participants pit their wits against secret killers. But…
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Lecturer in Criminology, Edith Cowan University
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Principal Lecturer, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth
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PhD Candidate, Justice Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Criminology, University of Leeds
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Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia
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Associate Professor of Criminology, University of Cambridge
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Law Student at the University of South Carolina School of Law, Research Assistant for the Excellence in Policing and Public Safety Program, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Amherst College
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Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Excellence in Policing & Public Safety Program, University of South Carolina
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Regional Coordinator, Institute for Security Studies
