Social exclusion and vigilantism toward criminal offenders as compensatory reactions to the perceived inefficacy of social control.
Isabel R. Pinto,
Daniel Frings,
José M. Marques
Abstract:Based on subjective group dynamics theory, we examine the idea that when facing ingroup's social control inefficacy, normative individuals adopt intense and negative social control measures toward ingroup deviants based on a group protection motive. In Study 1 (N = 122), participants learned that a criminal offense had either been trialed in court (social control efficacy) or not (social control inefficacy). In Study 2 (N = 107), participants reported their perceived efficacy of ingroup's social control mechan… Show more
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