Abstract: South Africa has disallowed capital punishment for more than a decade, yet violent crime there remains newsworthy even internationally. The crime rate is among the highest in the world. In 2000, a man broke into South African President Thabo Mbeki's house, despite heavy security, and made himself comfortable drinking brandy for several days while Mbeki was out of the country. During my year in South Africa as a Fulbright scholar in 2000, I was told about a man who began a walk across the country to bring national media attention to the high crime rate. Robbers supposedly mugged him on the first day.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-03-02
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
Access and Citation
AI Researcher Chatbot
Get quick answers to your questions about the article from our AI researcher chatbot