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A country at war with itself : South Africa's crisis of crime
- Title
- A country at war with itself : South Africa's crisis of crime / Antony Altbeker.
- Author
- Altbeker, Antony.
- Publication
- Johannesburg : Jonathan Ball, 2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HV7150.5 .A57 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 189 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- This is a penetrating exploration of South Africa{u2019}s crime problem. Getting behind the statistics to offer a sober and sobering account of the scale of the problem and its evolution, it describes how government has sometimes sought to deal with the crisis and sometimes sought to deny its existence. The book ends with some suggestions of what needs to be done to deal with this scourge.
- Subject
- Crime > South Africa
- Fear of crime > South Africa
- Criminals > South Africa
- Police > South Africa
- Criminal justice, Administration of > South Africa
- Crime
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Criminals
- Fear of crime
- Police
- Kriminalität
- Gewalt
- Geweld
- Criminaliteit
- Bestrijding
- South Africa
- Zuid-Afrika
- Südafrika <Staat>
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-189)
- Contents
- 'Stuff happens' or how we used to think about crime -- The crime capital of the world? -- Is it getting worse? The facts (and politics) of fear -- Why a plague of robbery is so difficult to cure -- Kilroy was here: vroumoer in South Africa -- A country unhinged -- A sunny spot for shady characters or the foreign element in our crime -- From 'fighting crime' to 'fighting criminals' -- It's about values, stupid! -- Hope or despair?
- ISBN
- 9781868422845
- 1868422844
- LCCN
- 2008552539
- OCLC
- ocn181581347
- 181581347
- SCSB-1456658
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library