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Crime and Violence: Forces for Good or Evil?

Crime and Violence: Forces for Good or Evil?. Political Activism: Changes , Challenges and Campaigning. Groups not gangs. Stephen Jones (2000) in ‘Understanding violent crime’, chapter 5. Collective Behaviour. Rumour Topical importance Uncertainty Personal anxiety Credulity.

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Crime and Violence: Forces for Good or Evil?

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  1. Crime and Violence: Forces for Good or Evil? Political Activism: Changes, Challenges and Campaigning

  2. Groups not gangs • Stephen Jones (2000) in ‘Understanding violent crime’, chapter 5

  3. Collective Behaviour Rumour • Topical importance • Uncertainty • Personal anxiety • Credulity

  4. Sarah Payne Families flee after anti-paedophile mob violence The Guardian Wednesday August 9, 2000 BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/872436.stm

  5. Social Movements • Dissatisfaction • Legitimacy • Organisation • Action

  6. Outsiders and insiders • animal rights movement • penal reform movement

  7. Methods • Access the media • Directly appeal to the public • Demonstrate • Take direct action

  8. Vested interests intersect with political imperatives to conceive the need for a campaign. • The design attracts the public’s attention and provokes a response within the target audience. • The message determines the transmission of information. • Public or political opinion is influenced or behaviour is modified.

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