The south african policing ‘nexus’: Charting the policing landscape in durban

South African Review of Sociology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-160

  Marks, Monique ^a   Wood, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimalist state; Plural policing; Police ethnography; Private security; Security governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749162928     PISSN: 21528586     EISSN: 20721978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2007.10419172     Document Type: Article

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