PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingTowards Understanding and Combating Police CorruptionThis paper discusses various forms of police corruption in South Africa, the degree to which these acts occur, and the reasons for which they occur. The paper goes on the provide several recommendations for how we can combat police corruption. Read More Gareth NewhamDecember 4, 2000
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Policing, Security transitionPolice Reform and South Africa's TransitionBy the early 1990s, (all) the police in South Africa had acquired a reputation for brutality, corruption and ineptitude. In this paper we review the process by which the South African Police force was transformed from the Apartheid period to the democratic period. We also reflect on some of the possibilities for, and implications of, rapid change. Read More Janine RauchDecember 4, 2000
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingReasonable Force? Use of Force Review as a Learning ProcessThis article is based on an exploratory study which investigated how the use of force within the SAPS is managed and regulated. The research involved a review of literature, legislation, and SAPS regulations; a series of 15 in-depth interviews; and an e-mail survey of area headquarters. Read More David BruceDecember 1, 2000
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingThe Conditions of Custody Police Holding Cells. In Crime and ConflictAs part of a larger study on the work of the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), the CSVR visited ten police stations in Gauteng during April and May 1999. The police stations were randomly selected from a list of police stations provided by the Gauteng Department of Public Safety and Security. This paper discusses some of the findings of this research… Read More Amanda Dissel and Kindisa NgubeniDecember 1, 2000
PublicationsResearchGangs, Gender-based ViolenceInvisible Girls and Violent Boys: Gender and Gangs in South AfricaThis article discusses the role of women and girls in gangs in South Africa, and looks at their involvement in violent crime more broadly. The article also discusses various sectors that women are involved in South Africa that have some proximity to gangs, such as sex work (which is often controlled by gangs). Read More Lisa VettenDecember 1, 2000
PublicationsResearchTorture and State Violence, Transitional Justice, Truth Commissions'We Are Still Struggling': Storytelling, Reparations and Reconciliation After the TRCSince the end of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), there have been few institutionalised spaces for South Africans to practically engage with personal memories and the apartheid past. This report considers and evaluates two of the few such spaces: the Cape Town Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture and the Western Cape Branch of the Khulumani Support… Read More Christopher J. ColvinDecember 1, 2000
