The effect of social influence and curfews on civil violence

Michael Garlick; Maria Chli

The effect of social influence and curfews on civil violence

Michael Garlick, Maria Chli

Computer Science Research Group

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Abstract

We investigate the policies of (1) restricting social influence and (2) imposing curfews upon interacting citizens in a community. We compare their effects on the social order and the emerging levels of civil violence. We develop an agent-based model that is used to simulate a community of citizens and the police force that guards it. We find that restricting social influence pacifies rebellious societies, but has the opposite effect on peaceful ones. Curfews exhibit a pacifying effect across all types of society.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS
Publisher	IFAAMAS
Pages	1335-1336
Number of pages	2
Volume	2
ISBN (Print)	978-0-9817381-7-8
Publication status	Published - 10 May 2009
Event	8th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2009, AAMAS 2009 - Budapest, United Kingdom Duration: 10 May 2009 → 15 May 2009

Conference

Conference	8th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2009, AAMAS 2009
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Budapest
Period	10/05/09 → 15/05/09

Keywords

Description level: experimental/empirical
Environment (environment modelling and simulation)
Focus: comprehensive/cross-cutting (multi-agent based simulation)
Inspiration source: social sciences
Simulations
Social/organisational (groups and teams emergent behaviour)

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The effect of social influence and curfews on civil violence

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