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  1. the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

    Graeme Reid (researcher)

  2. School of Geography, Archaeology & Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

    Teresa Dirsuweit (Lecturer)

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Reid, G., Dirsuweit, T. Understanding systemic violence: Homophobic attacks in Johannesburg and its surrounds. Urban Forum 13, 99–126 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-002-0010-5

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