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Informal Justice in Divided Societies

Northern Ireland and South Africa

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Colin Knox

    1. University of Ulster, Ireland

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  2. Rachel Monaghan

    1. University of Ulster, Ireland

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Part of the book series: Ethnic and Intercommunity Conflict (EAI)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Informal Justice in Context

    • Colin Knox, Rachel Monaghan
    Pages 1-22

  3. Agents of Informal Justice

    • Colin Knox, Rachel Monaghan
    Pages 23-50

  4. The Victims of Informal Justice

    • Colin Knox, Rachel Monaghan
    Pages 51-67

  5. The Community Response

    • Colin Knox, Rachel Monaghan
    Pages 68-88

  6. The Agencies’ Response

    • Colin Knox, Rachel Monaghan
    Pages 89-110

  7. Community-Based Alternatives

    • Colin Knox, Rachel Monaghan
    Pages 111-140

  8. Legal Alternatives: the Protection of Human Rights

    • Brice Dickson
    Pages 141-160

  9. Future Prospects

    • Colin Knox, Rachel Monaghan
    Pages 161-175

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 176-214
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Informal Justice in Divided Societies examines the ways in which paramilitary and vigilante activity are linked with controlling community crime in both Northern Ireland and South Africa. Drawing upon original research, Colin Knox and Rachel Monaghan analyze the agents of informal justice, its victims and why communities endorse this form of retribution. They conclude the book with a wider debate of the abuse of human rights suffered by many victims of community crime and tentatively highlight future policy implications.

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'Well written and making excellent use of both existing literature and original qualitative and quantitative data, this book succeeds admirably in its objectives, makes a substantial contribution to theory and demonstrates the effectiveness of micro-level comparative public policy analysis.' - Finbarr Lane, University College Dublin

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Ulster, Ireland

    Colin Knox, Rachel Monaghan

About the authors

COLIN KNOX is Professor of Public Policy at the School of Policy Studies, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Northern Ireland.

RACHEL MONAGHAN is a Research Officer with the Institute for Conflict Research, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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