The ‘new’ vigilantism in post-April 1994 South Africa: Searching for explanations

Informal Criminal Justice

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 117-134

  Minnaar, Anthony ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

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EID: 84940951503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315182117     Document Type: Chapter

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