PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, Correctional Services, Criminal Justice, Gender-based ViolenceNow We Have Nothing: Exploring the Impact of Maternal Imprisonment on Children Whose Mothers Killed an Abusive PartnerThis study looks to reveal that long-term imprisonment for a mother who has killed her abusive partner is not in her children's best interests. To substantiate this the report explains and demonstrates the complex and serious consequences for children who live in the context of domestic violence, whose fathers are killed by their mothers, and who subsequently lose their mothers… Read More Kailash Bhana and Tessa HochfeldDecember 3, 2001
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Policing, Urban SafetyMunicipal Policing in South Africa: Development and ChallengesThe following document is a monograph that aims to clarify the functions of a municipal police service and the challenges they are likely to face in fulfilling these. The monograph is based on research carried out independently by the authors over a period of several years. It provides an up to-date picture of developments in Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape… Read More Janine Rauch, Mark Shaw and Antoinette LouwNovember 1, 2001
PublicationsResearchHealth and Safety, Migrants and XenophobiaA Baseline Study to Determine Levels of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in Relation to Reproductive Health Among Male and Female Refugees Aged Between 10 and 24 Years, Living in Gauteng Province, South AfricaIn South Africa, education and awareness raising initiatives have previously been undertaken to address the reproductive health needs of a predominantly urban-based refugee population. As part of this national strategy, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) conducted a study to obtain baseline information about knowledge, attitudes and practices in respect of reproductive health among young refugees,… Read More Bea Abrahams and Helen HajiyiannisOctober 20, 2001
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsInterventions After the TRC – Reconciliation, Advocacy & HealingCSVR decided to host a one-day workshop where further dialogue about the topics revolving around research on community intervention projects concerned with reconciliation, healing and advocacy work beyond the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in South Africa. The workshop was an attempt to build on the case studies and the conversations and debates that ensued among initiatives, among researchers and… Read More Undine Whande KayserOctober 1, 2001
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsReport of The National Strategy Workshop on ReparationsTo coincide with the third anniversary of the Truth Commission's final report, the Transition and Reconciliation Programme of CSVR hosted a national strategy workshop on reparations, which among others aimed at establishing the status, nature and time-frames set by government for implementation of the final reparations. Investigate how the rights of victims should be balanced with the amnesties enjoyed by… Read More Simon KimaniOctober 1, 2001
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingIn the Line of Duty? Shooting Incidents Reports and Other Indicators of the Use and Abuse of Force by Members of the SAPSThis report was written in 1999 using information available at that time on the use of force by members of the SAPS. After problems were encountered with some of the data the report has now been revised with duplicates (roughly 2% of cases) removed from the data on shooting incidents. The major part of the report deals with shooting incident… Read More David Bruce and Gabriel O'MalleyOctober 1, 2001
