South African policing at a crossroads: The case for a ‘minimal’ and ‘minimalist’ public police

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-329

  Marks, Monique ^a   Wood, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community safety; emerging democracies; minimal policing; nodal governance; non state policing; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955140068     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480610369785     Document Type: Article

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