Shadow Vigilantes: How Distrust in the Justice System Breeds a New Kind of Lawlessness

by Paul H. Robinson, Sarah M Robinson, Sarah M. Robinson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633884317
• ISBN13: 9781633884311
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"