Exam 8: Crowd Violence

In contemporary America,the Guardian Angels,a group founded in 1979 in the Bronx,is still active in a number of communities.Identified by their red berets,its members patrol the subways,streets,and neighborhoods in order to prevent crime and have sometimes been labeled vigilantes by police.

The 2015 rioting in Baltimore,Maryland was the result of the death of an African American who died while in ______.

During the L.A.riots,which of the following businesses were usually spared from arson?

Each type of vigilante group is a liberal organization in the sense that it doesn't try to subvert law and order; rather all types of vigilante groups try to enforce it,though each has a different goal in mind as it engages in violence.

We can see lynching as operating on a number of different levels.One of the primary purposes was to strike fear into the hearts of Blacks in the ______ period as they were attempting to integrate into White society and assert their economic and political independence.

The ______ of 1967 began with the arrest of an African American taxicab driver.

Sex offender registries,which all states have available in some form,make convicted sex offenders particularly easy targets for individuals bent on delivering their own brand of justice.

______ describes groups whose goal is to keep some population group in their place,usually within the lower levels of class structure.

Mob violence has been a relatively ______ occurrence within most societies throughout history.

The KKK was founded in ______,with its main purpose being to fight Reconstruction efforts.

All vigilante groups are the same.