Informal Justice in Divided Societies
Subtitle: Northern Ireland and South Africa
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: January 18, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780333972366
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Human rights; Political activism; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; Northern Ireland; Republic of South Africa; History & Theory - General; International Relations - General; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; Political Science / Law Enforcement; General; Death squads; South Africa; Vigilance committees
First sentence: Northern Ireland and South Africa may, at first sight, appear to have little to offer in terms of comparative analysis beyond the rather superficial observation that both are 'divided societies' as the tittle of this book suggests.
Description: "Informal Justice in Divided Societies examines the ways in which paramilitary and vigilante activity are linked with controlling community crime in both Northern Ireland and South Africa. Drawing upon original research, Colin Knox and Rachel Monaghan analyse the agents of informal justice, its victims and why communities endorse this form of retribution.

They conclude the book with a wider debate on the abuse of human rights suffered by many victims of community crime and tentatively highlight future policy implications."--BOOK JACKET.