Democracy's Disorder? Crime, Police and Citizen Responses in Transitional Societies
By Mark Shaw
SAIIA: 2002
ISBN: 1-919810-50-1
Pages: 70
Price: R80,00
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number of countries in Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe which
have undergone a transition from authoritarian rule to democracy in the
last two decades have experienced similar problems of lawlessness. Not
only have levels of crime increased but comparable problems of policing
and law enforcement exist, such as the spread of corruption within law
enforcement agencies, excessive levels of police brutality, the loss of
public confidence in the police and the growth of non-state forms of
policing.
Whilst the link between political transition, economic and social change and crime is more complex than often assumed, an analysis of weakening and changing forms of social control is important to an understanding of why transitional societies are fertile grounds for criminality.
This volume explores the similarities and differences in many transitional societies with regard to crime and policing and looks at government responses and related policy dilemmas.
This publication is funded by the Ford Foundation.
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