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Riot

A riot or mob violence is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property, or people.

This article is about a type of event. For other uses, see Riot (disambiguation).

Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private. The property targeted varies depending on the riot and the inclinations of those involved. Targets can include shops, cars, restaurants, state-owned institutions, and religious buildings.[1]


Riots often occur in reaction to a grievance or out of dissent. Historically, riots have occurred due to poverty, unemployment, poor living conditions, governmental oppression, taxation or conscription, conflicts between ethnic groups (race riot) or religions (e.g., sectarian violence, pogrom), the outcome of a sporting event (e.g., sports riot, football hooliganism) or frustration with legal channels through which to air grievances.[2]


While individuals may attempt to lead or control a riot, riots typically consist of disorganized groups that are frequently "chaotic and exhibit herd behavior."[1] There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that riots are not irrational, herd-like behavior (sometimes called mob mentality), but actually follow inverted social norms.[3]


Dealing with riots is often a difficult task for police forces. They may use tear gas or CS gas to control rioters. Riot police may use less-than-lethal methods of control, such as shotguns that fire flexible baton rounds to injure or otherwise incapacitate rioters for easier arrest.[4]

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Recital of the Statute 13 H. 4. c. 7. against riots, &c.[23]

29 May 1414

30 April 1414

R v Luttman [1973] 127, CA

Crim LR

R v Pilgrim, 5 140, CA

Cr App R (S)

R v Keys, 84 Cr App R 204, 8 Cr App R (S) 444, [1987] Crim LR 207, CA

R v Cooke, 9 Cr App R (S) 116, CA

Blackstone's Police Manuals. Volume 5, "General police duties". Fraser Simpson (2006). p. 245. Oxford University Press.  0-19-928522-5.

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Sources:

Applegate, Rex. Kill or Get Killed: Riot Control Techniques, Manhandling, and Close Combat, for Police and the Military (Paladin Press 1976).

Bessel, Richard; Emsley, Clive, eds. Patterns of Provocation: Police and Public Disorder (Berghahn Books, sooo) . ISBN 1-57181-228-8. Studies of Europe and USA.

Davis, Natalie Zemon. "The rites of violence: religious riot in sixteenth-century France." Past & Present 59.1 (1973): 51–91.

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Newburn, Tim. "The Causes and Consequences of Urban Riot and Unrest" Annual Review of Criminology (2021) Vol. 4:53-73

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Wilkinson, Steven. Annual Review of Political Science. (2009).

Riots online

Wilkinson Steven. Votes and Violence: Ethnic Competition and Ethnic Riots in India. (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004).