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Community, Authorities, and Support for Vigilantism: Experimental Evidence.
This paper experimentally tests the interactive trust theory of vigilante justice in Mexico. As expected, it finds that individuals are more likely to view a vigilante attempt as viable when it is undertaken by a strong community in the context of untrustworthy authorities.
Confronting Crime by Ourselves: Trust in Neighbors, Trust in Authorities, and Anti-Crime Organization.
This article tests the interactive trust theory using representative data from Mexico’s National Survey of Victimization and Perception of Public Safety (ENVIPE). It shows that community trust and distrust in authorities interact as determinants of anti-criminal organization.
Law in our Hands: Authorities, Community, and the Cherán Uprising.
This chapter argues that citizens’ decision to invest their social capital in Collective Extralegal Law Enforcement is shaped by their distrust of law-enforcement authorities. It applies this framework to Cherán, Michoacán, one of the most famous cases of resistance in Mexico.
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