A theoretical-historical approach to black lynching
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Peter O. Peretti
Kennedy-King College
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Deborah Singletary
Kennedy-King College
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- 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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- Published
- 1981-08-01
- Issue
- Volume 9, 1981, Issue 2
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- Articles
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