State security in transition: The war on crime in post apartheid South Africa

Social Identities

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 277-312

  Samara, Tony Roshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; POST-APARTHEID; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0038336513     PISSN: 13504630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350463032000101605     Document Type: Article

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