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Author : Dr. Artika R. Tyner
Publisher : Lerner Digital ™
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781728440682
A behind-the-headlines look at the continuing fight for Black rights and representation
Author : Robin Parrish
Publisher : Bethany House
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781441232366
Nolan Gray is an elite soldier, skilled in all forms of combat. After years fighting on foreign battlefields, witnessing unspeakable evils and atrocities firsthand, a world-weary Nolan returns home to find it just as corrupt as the war zones. Everywhere he looks, there's pain and cruelty. Society is being destroyed by wicked men who don't care who they make suffer or destroy. Nolan decides to do what no one else can, what no one has ever attempted. He will defend the helpless. He will tear down the wicked. He will wage a one-man war on the heart of man, and he won't stop until the world is the way it should be. The wicked have had their day. Morality's time has come. In a culture starving for a hero, can one extraordinary man make things right?
Author : Robin Parrish
Publisher : Bethany House
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780764206085
In a society ruled by ruthless men, an elite solider wages a one-man war on evil--and he refuses to play by their rules.
Author : Artika R. Tyner
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781728429748
Vigilantes are regular citizens who take justice into their own hands, outside of the law. When people take action in this way, the consequences can be devastating. Over the course of American history, vigilante behavior has led to the deaths of thousands of Black Americans, including Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin, and Ahmaud Arbery. Learn about the long history of racially-motivated vigilantism and how people are working to protect Black lives from this dangerous threat.
Author : Artika R. Tyner
Publisher : Lerner Publications (Tm)
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 172842965X
"The deaths of Trayvon Martin, Ahmaud Arbery, and others have shined a light on the disturbing problem of racism and vigilantism. Explore this modern threat to Black lives and the history of racially motivated attacks"--
Author : H. Jon Rosenbaum,Peter C. Sederberg
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781512806335
Vigilante politics is an organized effort outside legitimate channels to suppress or eradicate any threats to the status quo. Simply defined, it means deliberately taking the law into one's own hands. The history of the United States is filled with many examples of "establishment violence." This form of violence was evident when ranchers lynched the cattle rustler and when the early Ku Klux Klan terrorized African Americans back into their "proper position." It is also apparent when urban community groups execute drug pushers and when political parties resort to breaking and entering, electronic surveillance, sabotage, and seduction. Establishment violence is a global phenomenon and not restricted to the United States. In Brazil the Esquadāro da Morte (Death Squad) executes individuals suspected of being habitual criminals. The Protestant B Specials in Northern Ireland abused Catholics. Strong anti-Chinese feelings spawned vigilante groups in Southeast Asia. Other vigilante bands have included the Society of Muslim Brothers in Egypt, the White Hand of Guatemala, the Jewish Defense League, and the Nazi Brown Shirts. Every society that is holding together contains groups that value their place in the system (even if it is modest) and prefer things as they are. If they believe that criminals are escaping punishment because of corruption or leniency, or that people who seek a change in social status and approved values a regaining power, or that the legitimate authorities are unable or unwilling to preserve the present order, they frequently take violent action to defend their position. These are the vigilantes, and this book considers their brand of "establishment violence" in the widest sense. Their goals, tactics, personalities, and place in a country's general political configuration are thoroughly analyzed by the historians, political scientists, sociologists, and psychologists who have contributed to this volume. Part I is devoted to theory and offers a typology of vigilantism; Part II covers vigilante episodes in the United States. Part III places vigilantism in a comparative perspective, with examples from Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Author : Don E. Carleton,John Henry Faulk
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292758551
Winner of the Texas State Historical Association Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History, this authoritative study of red-baiting in Texas reveals that what began as a coalition against communism became a fierce power struggle between conservative and liberal politics.
Author : Paul H. Robinson,Sarah M. Robinson
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781633884328
A form of subtle vigilantism threatens to undermine the justice system and is eroding community trust in law enforcement. A pervasive and destructive problem is afflicting our current justice system, eroding community confidence in law enforcement. "Shadow vigilantism" is a vicious cycle in which ordinary people, as well as criminal justice officials, are so fed up with the system's failures that they distort and subvert the system to force it to do the justice that it seems reluctant to do on its own. The effects of this lack of trust are pervasive and pernicious: citizens refuse to report a crime or help investigators; jurors refuse to indict or convict; and officials manipulate a system that is perceived to be unreliable. This downward spiral eventually undermines the moral authority of law enforcement and creates widening rifts in the community. This book examines many examples of how the community has responded when the justice system is perceived to fail, including the infamous murder of Emmett Till, which became a cause that spurred on the NAACP and the civil rights movement; the Lavender Panthers, which formed in response to gay bashing during the 1980s; the Crown Heights Maccabees, a neighborhood watch group that successfully reduced neighborhood crime when the police failed to do so; the Animal Liberation Front, which struck back at institutions for perceived abuses to animals; Operation Perverted Justice, an organization that used online chat rooms to out pedophiles by publicizing their personal information; and many others. Such examples highlight the importance of upholding a justice system that works to provide justice for all and is not perceived to condone legal technicalities that overturn just punishment, judicial rules that suppress evidence and let serious offenders go, and other actions that undermine public trust in the system.
Author : Joshua Long,Jason Vukovich
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000914627
This book explores the subjects of child sex abuse, flaws in the justice system, cultural support for vigilantism, prison violence, and the socio-legal philosophy of punishment. Child sex abuse leaves a scar that lasts a lifetime. Can any legal punishment balance the scales of justice? Can sex offenders ever repay their debt to society, or more importantly, to the victim? For some victims of this traumatic abuse, the debt remains unpaid, and it accrues interest. Vigilantes seek to avenge child victims by hunting down sex offenders in the community. Sometimes prisoners in correctional facilities conspire with rogue correctional officers to mete out their own form of “convict justice” on people who hurt children. While their motives and methods differ, these outraged citizens seek retribution through violence because they are disgusted with a justice system they believe shows extraordinary leniency toward child sex abusers. Whether this violence occurs in the community or in jail cells across the country, the message these vigilantes broadcast is the same: if the government won’t seek retribution, they will. The story is told through a series of case studies based on interviews with real-life vigilantes, most of whom are serving life sentences for their crimes. For the first time, vigilantes have been given a chance to tell their own stories. Patrick Drum, Steven Sandison, Joseph Druce, Jeremy Moody, Jon Watson, James Fairbanks, and others have shared their personal insights to help us get inside the vigilante mind. For some readers, these accounts will humanize people considered to be simply murderers. For others, it will demystify the popular portrayals of vigilantes in our society.
Author : Annie Winters and Tony West
Publisher : Casey Shay Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781938150371
If this is what it’s like to be a captive, Mia wants to be a prisoner forever. The second volume of the addictive romantic suspense series from the desk of USA Today bestselling author Deanna Roy / JJ Knight Jax may have kidnapped her. But now Mia wants to stay. The man is skilled. Intelligent. And gorgeous. His life is dangerous and wild. Mia’s ready to do whatever it takes to avoid getting sent back to her small-town life. Jax has other ideas. He can’t afford an untrained civilian tagging along on his plot to get revenge. He’s a fugitive, and a powerful organization wants him dead. Nothing since his prison escape has gone according to plan. Including his attachment to this over-zealous beauty who keeps surprising him with her cleverness and courage. He can’t keep her. It’s dangerous. And she doesn’t have any clue what she’s getting into. But Mia is nothing if not determined, and when they find themselves alone in an abandoned barn, Jax gives her one chance to prove herself. One thing she must do. Without question or hesitation. If she says yes, there is no going back.
Author : Annie Winters,Tony West
Publisher : Casey Shay Press
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781938150449
If it's time to die, Mia and Jax want to make their final days count. The fourth and FINAL volume of the addictive romantic suspense series from the desk of USA Today bestselling author Deanna Roy / JJ Knight Separated. Unsure if the other one is alive. Desperate. Jax's ex-lover has captured Mia, and Jovana isn't playing by anyone's rules but her own. Jax is in the hands of the Vigilantes, where in-fighting, suspicion and lies are destroying the order of the world's most powerful organization of mercenaries and spies. In this final installment of The Vigilante's Lover, Jax must find his way to Mia before time runs out on them both.
Author : Elaine Tyler May
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465093007
An award-winning historian argues that America's obsession with security imperils our democracy in this "compelling" portrait of cultural anxiety (Mary L. Dudziak, author of War Time). For the last sixty years, fear has seeped into every area of American life: Americans own more guns than citizens of any other country, sequester themselves in gated communities, and retreat from public spaces. And yet, crime rates have plummeted, making life in America safer than ever. Why, then, are Americans so afraid-and where does this fear lead to? In this remarkable work of social history, Elaine Tyler May demonstrates how our obsession with security has made citizens fear each other and distrust the government, making America less safe and less democratic. Fortress America charts the rise of a muscular national culture, undercutting the common good. Instead of a thriving democracy of engaged citizens, we have become a paranoid, bunkered, militarized, and divided vigilante nation.
Author : Peter Robson,Ferdinando Spina
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781683933557
This unique collection explores the complex issue of vigilantism, how it is represented in popular culture, and what is its impact on behavior and the implications for the rule of law. The book is a transnational investigation across a range of eleven different jurisdictions, including accounts of the Anglophone world (Australia, Britain, Canada, and the United States), European experiences (Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, and Portugal), and South American jurisdictions (Argentina and Brazil). The essays, written by prominent international scholars in law, sociology, criminology, and media studies, present data, historical and recent examples of vigilantism; examine the national Laws and jurisprudence; and focus on the broad theme of vigilante justice in popular culture (literature, films, television). Vigilante Justice in Society and Popular Culture sheds light on this topic offering a detailed look beyond the Anglophone world. This collection will enrich the debate by adding the opportunity for comparison which has been largely lacking in scholarly debate. As such, it will appeal not only to scholars of law, sociology, criminology, and media studies, but also to all those who are engaged with these topics alike.
Author : Annie Winters,Tony West
Publisher : Casey Shay Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781938150555
She just wanted to write a sexy letter to a prisoner. She had no idea. The complete set of all four volumes of the blockbuster romantic suspense series from the desk of USA Today bestselling author Deanna Roy / JJ Knight Mia trembles as she reads the letter that arrives from Ridley Prison. Seduction. Ropes. Descriptions of things Mia has never experienced or known. The man’s words are desperately passionate. He longs for a woman who must have given him a fake address. Mia’s address. She plans to send the letter back. He’s a convicted felon. But his words gnaw at her. She’s never done anything dangerous. And no man has ever talked to her like this. So Mia writes him, pretending to be the woman he desires. It's her one dark thrill in her dull, solitary small-town life. The man is in prison for another fifteen years. It's harmless. She is safe enough. Until he escapes. ___________ This complete set includes all four books of the original romantic suspense series.
Author : Omus Sours,Mark Bishop
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781553957300
The Whyos Gang spilled more blood and spread more terror in the big cities than any western outlaw could imagine. The Henessey murder captured the national headlines and made the term "Mafia" a household word. During the 'Roaring Twenties' the United States experienced one of its worst crime periods. It was a time of rampant violence spawned by the Volstead Act, more commonly known as "Prohibition." The Face of Death chronicles the history of crime in the United States, from the roots of the Mafia and big city gangs to Bonnie and Clyde.
