The development of informal governance in post-apartheid South Africa: Criminal gangs as neo-medieval agents

Rapley, John

doi:10.1080/10220461.2012.740180

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“…In a similar vein, both Pattillo-McCoy (2000) and Venkatesh (2006), in their respective studies of African American Chicago street gangs, observed that gang leaders in middle-class Black areas policed disorder, graffiti, loitering, and fighting, along with addressing other public safety concerns. Rapley (2012) employed a political–economy approach to analyze the power of criminal gangs in post-Apartheid South Africa as agents able to supply services that the formal institutions were not equipped to provide in a period of state formation. Similarly, Lambrechts (2012) concentrated on the role of organized criminal groups with respect to local governance in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town.…”

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Security Governance: Mafia Control over Ordinary Crimes

Aziani

Favarin

Campedelli

2019

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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Objectives: This study tests whether mafias, as archetypical criminal organizations that exert control over local communities, protect their territories against ordinary criminality. Our hypothesis is that mafias have both the incentives and the capacities to supply security governance to specific territories. This is a distinctive feature of mafias that deserves to be considered. Method: To understand whether mafias’ territorial control is associated with lower levels of ordinary criminality, we conduct a panel data analysis on 110 Italian provinces (2004 to 2015). System generalized method of moment and Driscoll–Kraay standard errors are performed to test our hypothesis. This study exploits an aggregated measure of thefts, robberies, and assaults as dependent variable. A standardized index derived from the number of active mafia groups in a province is our proxy of mafia control. Results: The article statistically shows that mafias limit ordinary criminality, whereas less stable and unstructured criminal groups do not. Conclusions: The results indicate that crime prevention and the maintenance of public order should be considered among the pillars of mafia’s governance. By controlling and reducing ordinary crimes, mafias overcome the role of law enforcement and institutional justice increasing consensus among the population. Consequently, the state may better contrast mafias by becoming a stronger supplier of security.

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Section: Problem Formulationmentioning

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Security Governance: Mafia Control over Ordinary Crimes

Aziani

Favarin

Campedelli

2019

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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“…[…] multiple and overlapping authorities co-exist; subordinate (to the central) authorities enjoy autonomous resource bases; these subordinate authorities can defend their autonomy but lack the power to fully secede from the system; and they exist in a relationship of reciprocal obligation with the central government, dependent on the latter for some services, while rendering services in return (Rapley, 2012).…”

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The dynamics of favela justice; identity, legitimacy and legality

Bagnall

2015

Journal of Financial Crime

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“…This transformation however is incomplete (de Visser 2009). Studies point to increasing corruption, inefficient use of resources, poor service delivery and strong informal systems of rule and order (Rapley 2012;Hornberger 2010). This becomes more acute when dealing with mobile populations.…”

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In the Shadow of a State: Self-Settlement Strategies and Informal Governance Amongst Somalis in Johannesburg

Jinnah

2016

Int. Migration & Integration

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This article explores the role of informal governance and institutions in the self-settlement strategies of Somalis in South Africa. Based on 3 years of ethnographic fieldwork with Somalis in Johannesburg, this article argues that informal governance operated though kin, clan and social networks, and personal, localised relationship with state authorities and community leaders are instrumental in governing settlement. Moreover, this form of governance is located within the multiple systems of Somali social order.

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The development of informal governance in post-apartheid South Africa: Criminal gangs as neo-medieval agents

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

Security Governance: Mafia Control over Ordinary Crimes

Security Governance: Mafia Control over Ordinary Crimes

The dynamics of favela justice; identity, legitimacy and legality

In the Shadow of a State: Self-Settlement Strategies and Informal Governance Amongst Somalis in Johannesburg

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