YOUNG GUNS: Children in organised armed violence

Authors

  • Cheryl Frank Institute for Security Studies

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3108/2005/i14a1006

Keywords:

gangs, South Africa, crime, Cape Town, children, armed gangs

Abstract

The problem of gangs is not new to South Africa. This is one of the reasons that Cape Town has been included in an innovative international study that has identified the phenomenon of ‘children in organised armed violence’. Given the youthfulness of South Africa’s population, as well as levels of poverty and unemployment, the risk factors for children’s involvement in armed gangs as recorded by the international study should serve as an early warning to us.

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Published

2006-03-08

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Research articles