This 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…
The 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…
How 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…
This 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.
This 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…
This 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…