Examine the psychological roots of crowd behavior during a riot and the role that psychology plays in policing.

But the underlying point remains pretty clear from the evidence: militarized crowd protection changes the psychology of the very crowd members it’s designed to protect, and not for the better.

When people gather in large groups, they often act in ways that are different from how they would behave individually. Crowds can be manipulated in many ways. Mob behavior, swarm behavior, and ...

Though this characterization of crowd psychology is out of date, it’s been hard to shake. Many people still assume that groups will invariably engage in risky behavior. Indeed, fear that crowds ...

Mob mentality, herd mentality, pack mentality, groupthink, or crowd psychology — the concept has many names. These all boil down to the same idea: Individuals are influenced by a larger group.

Crowd psychology is a discipline which explores the social dynamics of group behavior. When football fans jampack Empower Field at Mile High to watch the Denver Broncos play, or Swifties gather at ...

Fear and Greed metrics are designed to reflect crowd psychology. They aggregate data like volatility, volume, social media trends, and dominance to present a daily snapshot of emotional sentiment ...