As a rational behavior, some would convince others or instigate them in joining to fight for change fueling a riot. Just …show more content…
From a conflict perspective, the result a riot affect cities and neighborhood citizens struggles and suffer economically. For example, the looting, vandalizing of owners and government properties. Furthermore, regarding tourism the riots create fear and questions about tourists’ safety and security, some avoid such areas. According to The Labor Market Effects of the 1960s Riots, their findings pointed out that riots had economically significant negative effects on blacks' income and employment in the 1960s (Francis, 2004). With such behaviors, I came to acknowledge authors Chambliss and Eglitis definition of riot as an illegal, prolonged outbreak of violent behavior by a large group of people directed against individuals or property (p.470). With this definition riots are rational of collective behavior also, I learned that emergent norm offers some explanation for the collective behavior, the crowd shared the same norm (Chambliss, 2016, p. …show more content…
People fought for reforms, and the rights to vote. Today people have civil rights place several individuals are disciplined and aware of the consequences of a riot. Again, people have learned to dialogue, and there are different channels of communication, for them to express their frustration with the whole world, for example, the social media. Most of the riot I have seen or read about has fueled more minorities instead left some without a job, public viewed minority communities as a troubled, unrest community and some fled. The riots left them with a tag as trouble city, and the neighborhood may become a target for the law