The privatisation of security in South Africa : selected case studies

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dc.contributor.advisor Hough, Mike (Michael) en
dc.contributor.postgraduate Botha, A.F.J. (Anthony) en
dc.date.accessioned 2015-11-25T09:53:42Z
dc.date.available 2015-11-25T09:53:42Z
dc.date.created 2015/09/01 en
dc.date.issued 2015 en
dc.description Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2015. en
dc.description.abstract The focus of this study is firstly on the broadening of the concept of security after the Cold War, and the concomitant realisation of the existence of an array of new threats that can threaten a stable world order. Secondly, the study focuses on South Africa, the prevalence of high crime levels, the growth of the private security industry, and responses and initiatives from the general public and the private sector in reaction to the high levels of crime. With a new dispensation in 1994, it was realised that government was not able to render sufficient protection to all citizens. The responses by civil society, the private security industry, the organised business and agricultural sectors, and other relevant role players such as certain labour organisations to crime, are analysed and discussed. An analysis of various anti-crime initiatives shows that these are largely launched and driven independently from each other. The lack of cooperation in South Africa amongst the private sector groups and organisations on the one hand, and law enforcement agencies on the other hand insofar as the combating of crime is concerned, does affect the more efficient combating of crime, but certain obstacles to closer cooperation do exist. en
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dc.description.degree DPhil en
dc.description.department Political Sciences en
dc.description.librarian tm2015 en
dc.identifier.citation Botha, AFJ 2015, The privatisation of security in South Africa : selected case studies, DPhil Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50808> en
dc.identifier.other S2015 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50808
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
dc.rights © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. en
dc.subject UCTD en
dc.title The privatisation of security in South Africa : selected case studies en
dc.type Thesis en


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