Politics of the number: an account of predominent South African prison gang influences

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dc.contributor.advisorBerg, Julieen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSkywalker, Luke Leeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-05T03:38:32Z
dc.date.available2014-11-05T03:38:32Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe study is a contextual account of various factors that facilitate and promote the continued dominance of the ‘Number gangs’ prevalent in many (if not most) South African prisons. Even though there is a substantial amount of factors that critically influence and sustain the South African prison gangs, this paper will focus upon a few of these influences. An emergent sentiment from exponents within these gangs, and supporting academic literature both argue that these dominant inmate factions are now adapting their mythical credo so as to remain an informal power-player within the scope of a failing South African prison administration. From a managerial perspective, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is often found attempting to give meaningful accounts of itself amidst its failed efforts to transform both itself and the South African prison administration. The policy legislation and administration of DCS thus also contribute to prison gang prominence. The study shows that DCS has embraced a policy of harsher penality, although its official position is that it is transforming into an administration that is focused upon human rights. This paper will thus give brief insight into the prison gangs’ organization and operations, and then focus upon various contexts within which the Number gangs continue to be pervasive, especially due to changing prison administrative policy (or lack thereof) and due to new adaptive strategy employed by gangs to make themselves powerbrokers within this contentious penal discourse.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSkywalker, L. L. (2014). <i>Politics of the number: an account of predominent South African prison gang influences</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Criminology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9095en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSkywalker, Luke Lee. <i>"Politics of the number: an account of predominent South African prison gang influences."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Criminology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9095en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSkywalker, L. 2014. Politics of the number: an account of predominent South African prison gang influences. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Skywalker, Luke Lee AB - The study is a contextual account of various factors that facilitate and promote the continued dominance of the ‘Number gangs’ prevalent in many (if not most) South African prisons. Even though there is a substantial amount of factors that critically influence and sustain the South African prison gangs, this paper will focus upon a few of these influences. An emergent sentiment from exponents within these gangs, and supporting academic literature both argue that these dominant inmate factions are now adapting their mythical credo so as to remain an informal power-player within the scope of a failing South African prison administration. From a managerial perspective, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is often found attempting to give meaningful accounts of itself amidst its failed efforts to transform both itself and the South African prison administration. The policy legislation and administration of DCS thus also contribute to prison gang prominence. The study shows that DCS has embraced a policy of harsher penality, although its official position is that it is transforming into an administration that is focused upon human rights. This paper will thus give brief insight into the prison gangs’ organization and operations, and then focus upon various contexts within which the Number gangs continue to be pervasive, especially due to changing prison administrative policy (or lack thereof) and due to new adaptive strategy employed by gangs to make themselves powerbrokers within this contentious penal discourse. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Politics of the number: an account of predominent South African prison gang influences TI - Politics of the number: an account of predominent South African prison gang influences UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9095 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9095
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSkywalker LL. Politics of the number: an account of predominent South African prison gang influences. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Criminology, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9095en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentInstitute of Criminologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherCriminal Justiceen_ZA
dc.titlePolitics of the number: an account of predominent South African prison gang influencesen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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