Riots create irrational behavior
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 11:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Participants of group riots have, since the end of the 1960s, been viewed as rational individuals driven by a sense of injustice. But in today's world this is misleading, concludes a sociologist. He encourages the police to take the destructive behavior of some participants into account when dealing with groups of rioters.