PublicationsResearchCrime Prevention, Urban SafetySocial Crime Prevention in South Africa's Major CitiesThis report examines social crime prevention activities in South Africa's four major cities during 2000, and locates these activities within an analysis of the progress that has been made in terms of the social crime prevention approach suggested for cities in the 1998 White Paper on Safety and Security. Read More Ingrid PalmaryJune 5, 2000
PublicationsResearchCriminal JusticeEffective Crime Investigation and Prosecution – The Link Between Victim and Witness IssuesThe paper is concerned with the creation of an effective “evidence based” criminal justice process in South Africa and particularly with the role of the witness (i.e. the “prosecution” rather than the “defence” witness) therein. Despite an increasing reliance on witnesses in order for cases to be solved and prosecuted effectively due recognition has not been given to witness issues… Read More David BruceJune 1, 2000
PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Urban SafetyWomen's Fear and Survival in Inner-city JohannesburgHow do women ensure their safety and recognise danger in a country where rape has become all-pervasive? In pursuit of some answers to these questions, we conducted focus groups and interviews with a variety of women living and/or working in inner-city Johannesburg. These included homeless women, commercial sex workers operating from the hotels in Hillbrow, female security guards working for… Read More Lisa Vetten and Joy DladlaJune 1, 2000
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingThe Prevention of Police Action and Custody DeathsThis paper discusses the high rates of police action and police custody deaths in South Africa in recent years. It provides a series of recommendations to reduce this rate. Read More David BruceApril 14, 2000
PublicationsResearchTransitional Justice, Truth CommissionsRepairing the Irreparable: Dealing With Double-Binds of Making Reparations for Crimes of the PastThis paper explores the interplay between the factors of psychological support, government strategies and socio-economic development in the reparations process and the contradictory and inherent difficulties of trying to make amends for past wrongs in post-apartheid South Africa. The competing and often diverging psychological needs of the individual and the society with regards to making reparations for gross violations of… Read More Brandon HamberJanuary 3, 2000
PublicationsResearchTransitional Justice, Truth Commissions"Telling It Like It Is…" : Understanding the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from the Perspective of SurvivorsThis article focuses on survivors' perspectives of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). It probes their feelings, thoughts and views both before and after interacting with the Commission. Their feelings and opinions about issues such as justice, punishment and amnesty are explored. This information, which forms the backbone of this article, was obtained from interviews with twenty survivors of political… Read More Brandon Hamber, Dineo Nageng and Gabriel O'MalleyJanuary 3, 2000
