Crime Wave the South African Underworld and Its Foes
- List Price: $27.95
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Transaction Pub
- Publish date: 08/01/2001
Jonny Steinberg, one of South Africa's foremost criminologists and a journalist of international repute, has brought together the research of some of the country's leading criminologists, sociologists, independent researchers, investigators and prosecutors. The writing throughout is vivid, gritty and colorful but this book is no nihilistic collection of writing playing into the fears of its potential readers. Each chapter pushes back the boundaries of scholarly knowledge in the field, draws implications for policy, and speaks soberly about the future. Indeed, this collection is the most sustained and wide-ranging analytical commentary on crime and law enforcement written since the transition to democracy in South Africa.
