Define a riot. How do riots differ from mobs?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. A riot is a violent crowd that directs its hostility at a wide and shifting range of targets. Unlike mobs, which usually have a specific target, rioters unpredictably attack whomever or whatever gets in their way. Most riots arise out of long-standing anger, frustration, or dissatisfaction that may have smoldered for years or even decades. Riots are usually expressions of deep-seated hostility, but this isn't always the case. "Celebration riots" are due to extreme enthusiasm and excitement rather than anger or frustration, and can lead to "an orgy of gleeful destruction" (Locher, 2002: 95).
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