Vigilantism and the Lawful Alignment in OotS

[theNater]

Sure, if what you want is to find out who did a particular deed. In a world were you can know whose evil though, why not just lock the evil people up?

Preventing evil people from causing harm is the silver medal. The goal is to cause evil people to provide benefit, whether by redeeming them or by channeling their evil impulses in helpful ways. Indeed, this second approach is what Roy is trying to do with Belkar.