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Civil disorder is a broad term that is typically used by law enforcement to describe forms of disturbance.

Although civil disorder does not necessarily escalate to a disaster in all cases, the event may escalate into general chaos.

Rioting has many causes, from antipathy over low minimum wages to racial segregation.

Examples of well-known civil disorders and riots are the Poll Tax Riots in the United Kingdom in 1990 ; the 1992 Los Angeles riots in which 53 people died ; the 2008 Greek riots after a 15-year-old boy was fatally shot by police ; and the 2010 Thai political protests in Bangkok during which 91 people died.