This article highlights two overlooked drivers of lynching violence: the will to ensure that caught offenders will no longer victimize anybody, and the need for perpetrators of lynching to mitigate the risks associated with their participation. It uses the concepts of lethal and non-lethal informal incapacitation to explain lynching outcomes (‘killing’ and ‘serious beatings’) that are otherwise unintelligible. Evidence is drawn from individual and group interviews with more than a hundred key informants in Nigeria.

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“杀戮只是最好的解决方案”：私刑是非正式的失能

本文重点介绍了私刑暴力的两个被忽视的驱动因素：确保被抓获的罪犯不再伤害任何人的意愿，以及私刑肇事者需要减轻与其参与相关的风险。它使用致命和非致命的非正式失能的概念来解释否则无法理解的私刑结果（“杀戮”和“严重殴打”）。证据来自对尼日利亚一百多名关键线人的个人和团体访谈。