PolicyPublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, HIV and AIDS, PolicingAn Overview of the Implementation of the SAPS Policy & Five Year (2000 -2005) Strategic Plan On HIV & AIDS: The Case of the Johannesburg Policing AreaThe Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) embarked on a two-year project to understand the impact of HIV/AIDS in Johannesburg Policing Area in the Johannesburg Policing area in 2005 that has resulted in this report. The primary aim of the research was to explore in what ways, if at all, police work in this area had been… Read More Themba MasukuMay 1, 2007
PublicationsResearchPeacebuildingCSVR 2007 Annual ReportThe subsequent CSVR 2007 annual report is an overview of CSVR thematic programmes, board of directors and members of staff, human resources, financials, supporters, partners as well as publications. Read More CSVRJanuary 1, 2007
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Gender-based ViolenceMinority Report: The Imprisonment of Women and Girls in GautengThis research brief makes Gauteng’s women prisoners its focus, describing who they are and setting out findings about the conditions and circumstances of their imprisonment. It emphasizes three aspects of imprisonment that particularly concerned the women we interviewed: contact with children and family; health and wellbeing; and opportunities for further education and reintegration into society. Read More Sadiyya Haffejee, Lisa Vetten and Mike GreylingDecember 19, 2006
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Gender-based ViolenceViolence and Abuse in the Lives of Women and Girls Incarcerated in Three Gauteng Women's PrisonsThis following research brief presents findings from a study conducted in three women’s prisons in Gauteng exploring these two questions. It briefly describes the nature and extent of violence experienced by women and girls in conflict with the law, both prior to as well as during incarceration; and the relationship between such experiences of violence and the commission of unlawful… Read More Sadiyya Haffejee, Lisa Vetten and Mike GreylingDecember 19, 2006
PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Migrants and XenophobiaWomen on the Run: Female Survivors of Torture Amongst Zimbabwean Asylum Seekers and Refugees in South AfricaThousands of Zimbabwean women have been subjected to several forms of torture, including rape, throughout the country's current political, economic and humanitarian crisis, according to a previous report produced by the Zimbabwe Torture Victims and Survivors Project. The report was written to coincide with South Africa's 'Sixteen days on gender activism'. It shows that a significant proportion of the women… Read More CSVRDecember 1, 2006
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Youth ViolenceSituational Analysis of Boksburg Youth Centre: Sexual Violence in Prison Pilot Project (Dec 2004 – Jan 2005) Survey ReportThis report details the results of a piece of research or “situational analysis” that aimed to gather information mainly on issues related to violence, sex and sexual violence as experienced by the young men held at Boksburg Youth Centre (BYC). It also touched on some of their characteristics and experiences in the institution more broadly. Read More Sasha Gear, Mark Isserow and Camilia NevillDecember 1, 2006
