Vigilantism as a feature of political decay in the post-1994 South African dispensation
Little research has been done on the phenomenon of vigilantism in South Africa. Vigilantism describes the action of citizens who take the law into their own hands, making use of violent methods, in the context of inadequate law enforcement by the state and the collapse of public order. In an enviro...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of the Free State
2007-04-01
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Series: | Acta Academica |
Online Access: | http://196.255.246.28/index.php/aa/article/view/1133 |