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.

A propos de l'auteur

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

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Martin Murray, Martin J Murray, Martin J. Murray
• Edition: Stanford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781503610194
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-1019-4
• Pages: 392
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; Soziale Diskriminierung und Gleichbehandlung, Städte, Stadtgemeinden, Verbrechen und Kriminologie (Kriminalistik), Südafrika