Cape Town's protection rackets : a study of violence and control

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dc.contributor.authorGoga, Khalil
dc.contributor.authorGoredema, Charles
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-09T16:21:31Z
dc.date.available2014-09-09T16:21:31Z
dc.date.copyright2014
dc.date.issued2014-08
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines protection racketeering in Cape Town, primarily in the central business district (CBD) and on the Cape Flats, two areas in which protection racketeering is evident despite their markedly different socio-economic profiles. Rampant corruption at a high level makes it difficult to remove these entrenched networks of criminality. The CBD has seen the entrenchment of criminal networks established at a time of weakened state authority. While significant security initiatives have been undertaken in the city’s CBD since 1999, protection racketeering still flourishes. This suggests that it is more than a mere reflection of deficiencies in state capacity.en
dc.formatTexten
dc.format.extent1 digital file (16 p. : ill.)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.issn1026-0404
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/53175
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInstitute for Security Studiesen
dc.relation.ispartofISS paper; 259en
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENTen
dc.subjectGOVERNANCEen
dc.subjectORGANIZED CRIMEen
dc.subjectVIOLENCEen
dc.subjectSOUTH AFRICA--CAPE TOWNen
dc.titleCape Town's protection rackets : a study of violence and controlen
dc.typeSynthesis Reporten
idrc.copyright.holderInstitute for Security Studies
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.componentnumber106645001
idrc.project.number106645
idrc.project.titleMapping Criminal Governance in African Citiesen
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberIC01-2689-8
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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