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Police Practice and Research
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Volume 10, 2009 - Issue 5-6: New Possibilities for Policing Research and Practice
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Taming the ‘Leviathan’ in Johannesburg’s townships: does a Hobbesian moral compass apply to policing in the twenty‐first century?

Andrew May Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
Pages 521-527 | Published online: 22 Dec 2009

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  • Hobbes , T. 1651/1968 . Leviathan , London : Penguin Books .
  • Steinberg , J. 2004 . The number: One man’s search for identity in the Cape underworld and prison gangs , Johannesburg : Jonathan Ball .
  • Steinberg , J. 2008 . Thin blue: The unwritten rules of policing South Africa , Johannesburg : Jonathan Ball .

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