Panic City - Crime and the Fear Industries in Johannesburg

In post-apartheid Johannesburg, crime and the fear it engenders has triggered a decisive turn toward securitization in which residents of suburban residential neighborhoods have hired the services of private security companies to provide protection.

About the author

Martin J. Murray is Professor of Urban Planning at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan.

Summary

In post-apartheid Johannesburg, crime and the fear it engenders has triggered a decisive turn toward securitization in which residents of suburban residential neighborhoods have hired the services of private security companies to provide protection.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Murray, Martin J Murray, Martin J. Murray
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781503610194
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-1019-4
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Soziale Diskriminierung und Gleichbehandlung, Städte, Stadtgemeinden, Verbrechen und Kriminologie (Kriminalistik), Südafrika