| dc.creator |
Munishi, Emmanuel January |
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| dc.date |
2018-12-31T08:04:04Z |
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| dc.date |
2018-12-31T08:04:04Z |
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| dc.date |
2014 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2022-10-20T08:35:11Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2022-10-20T08:35:11Z |
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| dc.identifier |
http://dspace.cbe.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/112 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/79419 |
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| dc.description |
Academic literature on cities portrays urban residents as passive victims of crime
highlighting mainly their strategies in coping with it, strategies which are often not
very successful. Using the case study of the Maasai security guards in Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania, this paper purports that urban residents are not simply passive victims of
crime but also deploy various capacities of coping with the threat. The paper examines
crime threat among the guards to determine the guards’ capacities of coping with the
threat and recommend factors for enhancing such capacities. Based on the multilayered social resilience framework, a qualitative approach was utilised drawing on 64
in-depth interviews, three FGDs, observations and a review of secondary data. The
study revealed that on the one hand, the guards managed to develop reactive and less
proactive capacities of coping with the crime threat mainly based on the individual,
household, community level and to a lesser degree national and international levels.
On the other hand, migrants’ coping capacities were impeded by their lack of modern
weapons, formal security skills and training, limited access to mobile phones and
knowledge in using them. These factors should be considered in supporting the guards
to more competently cope with the threat. These findings shed light on alternative
ways of understanding and alleviating the negative consequences of crime among
urban security guards and other urban residents. |
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| dc.format |
application/pdf |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Business Education Journal |
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| dc.relation |
Volume 1;Issue No 1 |
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| dc.subject |
Security work, urban crime, threats, Maasai migrants, coping strategies, resilience |
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| dc.subject |
Security work |
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| dc.subject |
urban crime |
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| dc.subject |
threats |
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| dc.subject |
Maasai migrants |
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| dc.subject |
coping strategies |
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| dc.subject |
resilience |
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| dc.title |
Coping with urban crime and resilience factors: The case of the Maasai security guards in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
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| dc.type |
Article |
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