In this paper I present a dynamic model of rioting. It is based on Granovetters model of social thresholds and allows for dynamics in the riot process. I study, via computer simulations, different factors that affect riots and their interplay. First, I introduce social stress that rises over time. Secondly, I consider the possibility of an upper bound of rioters, that lets the whole system coll...

London burning: Buildings in Tottenham, North London, on fire during the riots at the beginning of August. (Photo: PA Wire/Press Association Images.) The ‘English riots’ of this summer started in the North London suburb of Tottenham on Saturday 6th of August, following a peaceful demonstration protesting against the death of Mark Duggan, who had been shot by special police forces two days earli...

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This contribution presents a short overview on the impact of Capitol Riots riots in Europe. Fear similar mass-mediated contagion was explicitly expressed by most European leaders. E...

This article aims at a threefold historicization of riots, drawing on sources depicting communal riots in North India the twentieth century. (1) The concept ‘crowd’ covers large variety ...

Sir—Geoffrey Gill and colleagues (July 21, p 233) provide a fascinating account of the 1832 cholera riots, and, as they point out, unrest was not confined to Liverpool. According to Anning, the Sunderland cholera outbreak in 1831 was preceded by a case in Hull, and the disease may well have been first imported to Yorkshire in rags from continental hospitals used for manuring hop gardens. The de...

The summer of 1919 is remembered for some of the worst race riots in American history. Dubbed the Red Summer by James Weldon Johnson, at least 25 major riots rocked American cities, and more than 52 African Americans were lynched. Although provocations varied, a root cause of the racial tension was the disappointment felt by African American World War I veterans. They had hoped that their milit...