What price fairness when security is at stake? Police legitimacy in South Africa

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 246-268

  Bradford, Ben ^a   Huq, Aziz ^b   Jackson, Jonathan ^c   Roberts, Benjamin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Legitimacy; Police; Procedural justice; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901770760     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rego.12012     Document Type: Article

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