The Production of Criminality on the Urban Periphery
The Production of Criminality on the Urban Periphery
This chapter talks about the continued underdevelopment of the Cape Flats and the increased tendency of the state to view unrest generated by poverty and inequality as a security threat. It relates youth development to the reproduction of “surplus” populations of young people that provide sustenance for the gangs, the criminal justice system, and the public’s outrage over crime. The chapter concludes with an outline of real benefits that gangs provide for many boys and young men, and analyzes the argument that the prison system serves only to normalize gangsterism and violence, contributing to the further destabilization of township communities.
Keywords: Cape Flats, poverty, inequality, youth development, surplus populations, criminal justice system, prison system, gangsterism
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