This thesis, taking Kenya as a specific example is an attempt
to look at crime and social control in its historical specificity.
The thesis takes social control as the point of departure in its
explanation of crime. Underlying the analysis offered here is the
contention that any meaningful explanation of crime must start with
an appreciation of the relationship between crime and social con¬
trol, especially the role law in general and criminal law in
particular plays in the creation and development of specific social
structures and its consequences for the general social fabric
