LEADER 02790nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910790508303321 005 20230207231948.0 010 $a1-919895-63-9 010 $a1-920499-33-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000001133058 035 $a(EBL)1052171 035 $a(OCoLC)818869390 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000758147 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11966267 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000758147 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10772516 035 $a(PQKB)10130692 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3015236 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3015236 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10635828 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL532767 035 $a(OCoLC)923644370 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001133058 100 $a20040908d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aJustice gained?$b[electronic resource] $ecrime and crime control in South Africa's transition /$fedited by Bill Dixon and Elrena van der Spuy 210 $aCape Town $cUCT Press ;$aCullompton $cWillan$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-919713-71-9 311 $a1-306-01516-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Copyright; Content; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; Introduction: Justice Gained?; 1 'A SNAKE GIVES BIRTH TO A SNAKE'; 2 OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM; 3 GUNS AND PUBLIC POLICY IN SOUTH AFRlCA; 4 MURDER AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AFTER APARTHEID; 5 CHILD JUSTICE AND DIVERSION; 6 ACTING AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; 7 COSMETIC CRIME PREVENTION; 8 SOUTH AFRICAN POLICING STUDIES IN THE MAKING; 9 SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE; INDEX 330 $aKey questions in contemporary South African criminology are examined in these essays, including Why is crime such a persistent problem? and How have crime control practices altered in response to the challenges of the post-apartheid era?. Teachers, researchers, policy advisors, and practitioners challenge some of the received wisdom re-emerging in a discipline in danger of both forgetting its own history, and of misunderstanding the role of critical social science in a democratic South Africa. 606 $aCrime$zSouth Africa 606 $aCrime prevention$zSouth Africa 606 $aCriminology$zSouth Africa 607 $aSouth Africa$xSocial conditions$y1994- 615 0$aCrime 615 0$aCrime prevention 615 0$aCriminology 676 $a364.968 701 $aDixon$b Bill$01467029 701 $aVan der Spuy$b Elrena$01467030 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790508303321 996 $aJustice gained$93677666 997 $aUNINA