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Title:An Anatomy of Violent Crime and Insecurity in Kenya: The Case of Nairobi, 1985-1999
Author:Gimode, Edwin A.ISNI
Year:2001
Periodical:Africa Development: A Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA (ISSN 0850-3907)
Volume:26
Issue:1-2
Pages:295-335
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Kenya
East Africa
Subjects:offences
capitals
Urbanization and Migration
Law, Human Rights and Violence
History and Exploration
Politics and Government
sociology
crime
social problems
Nairobi (Kenya)
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/43661162
Abstract:Statistics available from police records and from the mass media indicate a steep rise in crime in Kenya in the 1990s. The endemic insecurity in Nairobi has made the whole country feature negatively in the international mass media. In the early 1990s criminal violence in Nairobi appeared to be targeted at foreigners, especially staff members of foreign embassies and United Nations agencies. The main criminal activities in the city are bank robbing, car jacking, burglary in residential estates, street muggings and snatchings. The perpetrators are young and operate in organized groups. The government's apparent inability to guarantee personal security has led to self-help measures such as the formation of vigilante groups and mob justice. A great deal of the violent crime that characterized Kenya in the 1990s is attributable to the economic inequality, poverty and insecurity which followed the implementation of the structural adjustment programme (SAP). Other factors in crime include the contradictory role of the Kenyan police force, political instability and the crisis of governance, the increasing size of Nairobi's population, and the arrival of refugees and the proliferation of arms. Bibliogr. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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