The aim of this document is to present suggestions that could become part of an anticorruption strategy for the South African Police Services (SAPS) Area Johannesburg. The ideas presented in this paper have been documented in much of the literature…
This paper analyses the Victim Offender Conferencing (VOC) model, which aims to mediate between victim and offender in cases of domestic violence. This research paper is concerned with determining the impact of mediation in domestic violence cases, particularly from the…
This paper discusses Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) statistics, and reviews what it is that they actually reveal. It shows that most complaints received by the ICD are not from victims of police brutality, but from members of the public dissatisfied…
Recently the SAPS announced that it would close its anti-corruption unit and integrate some of its members into the organised crime unit. This paper draws on international experience to argue that this decision is a mistake and that a specialised…
Many of us know that sex, sexual violence and varying levels of sexual coercion occur in our prisons. But the subject of sex in prison remains an uncomfortable one. While recent media reports and revelations on prison corruption have played…
This paper explores South Africa's culture of violence. It engages with trends and patterns of conflict in the post-apartheid nation to reflect on some of the continuities and changes in violence over the nation's transition from apartheid to democracy.