Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: Situational Collapses and Eruptions
1. Protest Groups and Physical Violence
2. The (Lack of) Power of the Violent Few
3. The Police's Fault?
4. Losing Control
5. Expecting the Worst
6. Uncertainty
7. In the Tunnel of Violence
8. How to Keep Protests Peaceful
9. Situational Breakdowns beyond Protest Violence
Conclusion
References
Appendices
A. Studying Situational Dynamics in the 21st Century
B. Methodological Notes on Studying Protest Violence
C. Methodological Notes on Studying Uprisings
D. Methodological Notes on Studying Robberies

About the Author

Anne Nassauer is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. Her research focuses on violence and deviant action, collective behavior, and the use of video data for scientific inquiry. Her work lies at the intersection of sociology, social psychology, and criminology, with the ultimate goal of better understanding human action and interaction.

Reviews

"a nuanced and creative scholarly work that adds markedly to existing knowledge onmultiple fronts. It can be alternatively read as a counterintuitive study on social movements, policing, and protests, as a microlevel inquiry of violence, or as a situational analysis of social outcomes. Hence, it should certainly attract readers from different disciplines." -- Kivanç Atak, American Journal of Sociology