Focusing on the Delhi gang rape of 16 December 2012, the article describes the force of two aggregations by which the violence is carried out and represented—the raping mob and the mourning and protesting crowd. Even though all six members of the mob are arrested within three days of the rape, we find disparate and spontaneous crowd formations across the city, expressing their anger at police apathy and state indifference in securing public spaces. This article teases out the relationship between the mob and the crowd. As far as the mob is concerned I show how the trial court presupposes a bond that ties the members together. This bond is found in the elaboration of ‘conspiracy’ and ‘dacoity’. This connection is further amplified through detailed forensic evidence, which channels the animacy of the rape into a medical–legal language of fact. In reacting to the rape crowd formations point us to the intensity of an egalitarian release. I follow Canetti’s development of ‘discharge’ and sting, without which the crowd does not exist. Finally, I show how crowd formations intersect with public discourses drawn from visual reportage as well as the medical condition of the victim.

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人群、暴徒和法律：德里强奸案

文章着眼于 2012 年 12 月 16 日的德里轮奸案，描述了实施和代表暴力的两种力量——强奸暴徒和哀悼和抗议的人群。尽管暴徒的所有六名成员都在强奸发生后的三天内被捕，但我们发现整个城市都有不同的自发人群形成，表达了他们对警察漠不关心和国家对公共场所安全漠不关心的愤怒。这篇文章梳理了暴民与群众之间的关系。就暴徒而言，我展示了初审法院如何预设将成员联系在一起的纽带。这种联系可以在“阴谋”和“狡猾”的阐述中找到。这种联系通过详细的法医证据进一步放大，将强奸的活泼性转化为事实的医学法律语言。在对强奸人群的反应中，我们指出了平等主义释放的强度。我跟随卡内蒂的“放电”和刺痛的发展，没有它人群就不存在。最后，我展示了人群的形成如何与来自视觉报道文学以及受害者的医疗状况的公共话语相交。