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- Title
CAUSES AND CONTROL OF RIOT AND PANIC.
- Authors
Cantril, Hadley
- Abstract
In this article the author discusses the bases and prevention of riot and panic. Europe has, for five years, been living under tremendous strain. Frustration and insecurity have been widespread. This period of rapid social transition is generally characterized by sporadic outbursts of some sections of the population which must be controlled as soon as possible in the interest of general order, community welfare, or the maintenance of the prestige of the governing authority. As the result of this, all the military governments will face the population that has experienced instability on the political and economic as well as the military fronts. People would be disappointed when they would realize that the hopes and dreams they thought would be immediately fulfilled when the oppressor was finally ousted. Such situation would cause panic and riots among the people. It is therefore imperative that the personnel of the allied military governments should try to understand and be sympathetic with the causes of such outbursts.
- Subjects
EUROPE; RIOT control; MILITARY occupation; MILITARY government; SOCIAL unrest; POPULATION; ECONOMICS
- Publication
Public Opinion Quarterly, 1943, Vol 7, Issue 4, p669
- ISSN
0033-362X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/265651