PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingThe Police That We Want: A Handbook For Oversight of Police in South AfricaThis handbook is intended as a resource for people involved in police oversight in South Africa, It may also be adapted for use in other contexts where reforms aim to bring policing in line with democratic principles. The overall purpose of the handbook is to stimulate reflection on key questions regarding police and policing, and to suggest the type of… Read More David Bruce and Rachel NeildDecember 1, 2005
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingCommunity Policing and Accountability at Station LevelThis report provides a brief overview of some of the literature on police accountability in democracies. In particular it highlights the importance of accountability being concerned with both police performance (i.e. service delivery) and conduct (i.e. behavior and discipline). Moreover, it presents the argument that in democracies police accountability needs to be exercised by a variety of structures that exist… Read More Millicent MarogaDecember 1, 2005
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingStrengthening Democratic Policing in South Africa Through Internal Systems for Officer ControlThis article explores some of the dimensions of the challenge of widespread police corruption and ill-discipline which has hindered the legitimacy of the police organization in the eyes of a substantial proportion of the South African public. It challenges and argues that one of the contributory factors for this situation is the failure of the police reform initiative to establish… Read More Gareth NewhamDecember 1, 2005
PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Violence in TransitionEngendering Wartime Conflict: Women and War TraumaThis report is a part of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR's) Violence in Transition Project (VTP). Past VTP research has focused on a number of fault lines for violence in the South African transition to democracy. The overall focus of the report is to investigate how war shapes gender relationships and gender-based violence in ways… Read More Ingrid PalmaryDecember 1, 2005
PublicationsResearchGender-based ViolenceFactors Affecting Adherence to Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in the Aftermath of Sexual Assault: Key Findings from Seven Sites in Gauteng ProvinceThe Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) commissioned research to investigate factors affecting adherence to post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) in the aftermath of rape. This report, the outcome of that research, structured as three sections looks to 1. outline both the methodology used to gather data as well as the key assumptions informing design of the interview schedules, 2. describe the seven… Read More Lisa Vetten and Sadiyya HaffejeeDecember 1, 2005
PublicationsResearchMemory and Memorialisation, Transitional JusticeMemorialization BibliographyThe following document is a list of key Memorialization references in the Southern Africa Reconciliation Project (2005). Read More CSVRDecember 1, 2005
