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The Virginian by Owen Wister (1902), the first American western novel based on the theme of "frontier justice" Jimmie Dale, alias the Gray Seal (1914) by Frank L. Packard the first masked urban crime-fighter in American popular culture. Zorro (1919) by Johnston McCulley
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American vigilante films (9 C, 258 P) E. Extrajudicial killings in the United States (4 C, 7 P) K. Ku Klux Klan (6 C, 40 P, 1 F) L. Lincoln County Wars (45 P)
a reprinting of Richard Maxwell Brown, "The American vigilante tradition." in Violence in America: Historical and comparative perspectives (1969): 1:121-169. online; Chang, Lennon YC, Lena Y. Zhong, and Peter N. Grabosky. "Citizen co‐production of cyber security: Self‐help, vigilantes, and cybercrime." Regulation & Governance 12.1 (2018 ...
A number of vigilante organizations were founded in the US around the time of World War I including the American Protective League, National Security League, Knights of Liberty, and Boy Spies of America, with the goal of targeting those suspected to be pro-German or insufficiently loyal.
In the late 1800s, a group of vigilantes called the White Caps terrorized abusers, gamblers, alcoholics and "fast women." They burned down saloons, threatened white men living with Black women and ...
Knights of Liberty (vigilante group) Knights of Pythias; Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia; Knights of Reciprocity; Knights of the Ancient Order of the Mystic Chain; Knights of the Forest; Knights of the Globe; Knights of the Golden Circle; Knights of the Golden Eagle
A local organization of the Guardian Angels was formed in Japan in 1996. The Guardian Angels Japan has chapters in most of the major cities and is second only to America in membership and activities. Keiji Oda, the founder and president of the Guardian Angels Japan, joined the Boston and New York City chapters in the 1980s.