Patterns of looting and property norms: conflict and consensus in community emergencies.
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The report finds that looting in civil disorders is widespread, collective and public, and may even receive a measure of community support. By contrast, looting in natural disasters is very limited, individual and private, and they find themselves strongly condemned for their actions. American society has suffered massive looting in urban disturbances, and the authors believe it is a protest message that has not been received or understood, the solution is seen to lie elsewhere, not with more respressive police action
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