Vigilantism and popular justice after apartheid

Informal Criminal Justice

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 99-116

  Lee, Rebekah ^a   Seekings, Jeremy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 84940903080     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315182117     Document Type: Chapter

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