Shadow vigilantes : how distrust in the justice system breeds a new kind of lawlessness

I. The who and why of vigilantism. Fear, meet indifference: breaching the social contract -- The moral vigilante -- The shadow vigilantes -- Sparking the shadow vigilante impulse -- II. The dangers of even moral vigilantism. Ten rules for the moral vigilante -- Moral vigilantes breaking bad: community drug wars -- How being right can risk wrongs -- III. The subversions and perversions of shadow vigilantism. Community complicity with vigilantes -- The community as shadow vigilantes -- Criminal justice officials as shadow vigilantes -- IV. The vigilante echo. Blowback and the downward spiral -- The damages and dangers of the community perceiving the system as being indifferent to doing justice -- What it takes to stop the vigilante echo -- Conclusion -- Postscript: where are they now?