A country at war with itself
Subtitle: South Africa's crisis of crime
By: Antony Altbeker.
Publisher: Jonathan Ball; Jonathan Ball Publishing
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Johannesburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781868422845
Subjects: Crime -- South Africa; Fear of crime -- South Africa; Criminals -- South Africa; Police -- South Africa; Criminal justice, Administration of -- South Africa
Description: This is a penetrating exploration of South Africa{u2019}s crime problem. Getting behind the statistics to offer a sober and sobering account of the scale of the problem and its evolution, it describes how government has sometimes sought to deal with the crisis and sometimes sought to deny its existence. The book ends with some suggestions of what needs to be done to deal with this scourge.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-189)