Transformation and Trouble: Crime, Justice and Participation in Democratic South Africa

by Diana R. Gordon

Crime is one of the major challenges to any new democracy. Violence often increases after the lifting of authoritarian control, or in the aftermath of regime change. But how can a fledgling democracy fight crime without violating the fragile rights of its citizens? In Transformation and Trouble, accomplished theorist and criminal justice scholar Diana Gordon critically examines South Africa's efforts to strike the perilous balance between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472069144
• ISBN13: 9780472069149
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.0"