A theoretical-historical approach to black lynching

Authors
  • Peter O. Peretti

    Kennedy-King College

  • Deborah Singletary

    Kennedy-King College

Keywords:
social behavior, social psychology, theoretical, historical, approach, black, lynching, America, mob, violence, legal, biological, environmental, psychological
Abstract
In America, mob violence sometimes took the form of lynching. It was often directed toward blacks of the society. Consideration is given in this paper to some legal, biological, environmental, and psychological bases for such collective mob behavior.
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1981-08-01
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