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A vigilante (, ; ; , (:viʒiˈlɐ̃tʃi)) is a civilian or organization acting in a law enforcement capacity (or in the pursuit of self-perceived justice) without legal authority. ==Vigilante behavior== "Vigilante justice" is often rationalized by the idea that adequate legal mechanisms for criminal punishment are either nonexistent, insufficient, or inefficient. Vigilantes typically see the government as ineffective in enforcing the law; such individuals often claim to justify their actions as a fulfillment of the wishes of the community. Persons alleged to be escaping the law or above the law are sometimes the victims of vigilantism. Vigilante behavior involves various degrees of violence. Vigilantes may assault targets verbally, physically, vandalize property, or even kill individuals. In a number of cases, vigilantism has involved targets with mistaken identities. * In Britain in the early 2000s, there were reports of vandalism, assaults, and verbal abuse towards people wrongly accused of being pedophiles, following the murder of Sarah Payne.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BBC News - UK - Paedophiles 'driven into hiding' )〕 * In Guyana in 2008, Hardel Haynes was beaten to death by a mob who mistook him for a thief. * In South Africa from the period 2002 to the present there has been an increase in vigilantism against the mining sector in response to perceived failures in the mitigation of acid mine drainage in the Witwatersrand Goldfields〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Noseweek 162 Wonder Woman: Gauteng's last hope )〕 and Mpumalanga Coalfields. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「vigilante」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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