The informal community justice system : a study of the Atteridgeville policing area

M. Tech. Policing === Investigates the reasons why informal community justice systems are formed. The SAPS has to understand the reasons why community members take the law into their own hands. It is a government structure that needs to focus on service delivery and listen to the communities it ser...

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Main Author: Smit, Christo.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1000957
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Summary:M. Tech. Policing === Investigates the reasons why informal community justice systems are formed. The SAPS has to understand the reasons why community members take the law into their own hands. It is a government structure that needs to focus on service delivery and listen to the communities it serves. The informal community justice systems had been part of a community structure until they lost faith in that structure and started to punish perpetrators themselves.