ORGANIZATION AS VICTIM IN MASS CIVIL DISTURBANCES

• NCJ Number: 6175
• Journal: ISSUES IN CRIMINOLOGY Volume: 5 Issue: 2 Dated: (SUMMER 1970) Pages: 181-193
• Author(s): R R DYNES; E QUARANTELLI
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: University of California, Berkeley
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CAUSES OF CERTAIN PATTERNS OF DAMAGE RESULTING FROM URBAN DISTURBANCES.

Abstract

THE PATTERN OF DAMAGE IN MASS DISTURBANCES CENTERS ON SMALL, RETAIL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS AND THE SYMBOLS OF AUTHORITY, NOTABLY THE POLICE. THE SELECTION OF ORGANIZATIONS AS VICTIMS CANNOT BE EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY USING SIMPLE OBJECTIVE CHARACTERISTICS. OTHER FACTORS APPEAR TO BE MORE INFLUENTIAL IN THE SELECTIVE PROCESS THAN WHETHER THE OBJECTS OF ATTACK DO OR DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE CERTAIN OBJECTIONABLE FEATURES. MORE IMPORTANT IS HOW ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY CLASSES OF THEM, COME TO BE PERCEIVED. VARIOUS THEORIES FOR THESE PERCEPTIONS ARE CONSIDERED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)