PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingPolicing in Partnership? Community Policing and Public Order Policing, an Integrated ApproachThis paper examines community policing, how it evolved in a policing environment and how academics look at it. It questions whether community policing can provide a basic framework for all police practice and discusses the changes in policing public order and the use of the principles of community policing in the management of public space and their integration with public… Read More Eddie Hendrickx and Dominique Van RyckeghemJune 24, 1999
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingA New Day? Controlling Police Violence and CorruptionThis is a record of an interview with Carl Klockars and William Geller, two prominent American experts on policing issues. The interview was conducted by Antony Altbeker and Judy Klipin from the Policing Programme at the Wits School of Public and Development Management and David Bruce from the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. Read More Anthony Altbeker, Judy Kliplin, Amanda Dissel, Gareth Newham and David BruceJune 11, 1999
PublicationsResearchCrime Prevention, Criminal JusticeCrime Trends in South Africa, 1985-1998This document presents an analysis of crime trends in South Africa from 1985 to 1998. It is part of a review of the National Crime Prevention Strategy carried out for the Department of Safety and Security. Read More Martin Schönteich and Antoinette LouwJune 1, 1999
PublicationsResearchCrime Prevention, Criminal JusticeInternational and Regional Co-operation in Crime PreventionPreviously, various structures and processes existed to co-ordinate security initiatives at both the international and regional level. This review takes a look at the structures in place and considers some of the challenges facing them with regard to security and crime prevention. A distinct level of international co-operation is constituted by the interaction of the foreign donor community and local… Read More Elrena Van Der SpuyJune 1, 1999
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Ex-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, Restorative Justice, Torture and State ViolenceA Review of Government Expenditure on the National Crime Prevention Strategy 1996-1999This is a review of government expenditure on the National Crime Prevention Strategy of 1996 to 1999. The paper is part of a review carried out for the Department of Safety and Security. Read More Anthony Altbeker and Janine RauchJune 1, 1999
PublicationsResearchCulture of Violence, Violence in Transition"Have No Doubt It Is Fear in the Land": An Exploration of the Continuing Cycles of Violence in South AfricaThis paper describes the "culture of violence" by making reference to the extent of past and current levels of violence in South Africa. The threads of continuity between the so-called political violence that took place during the apartheid era and the current levels of criminal violence are highlighted. It is argued that it is only through understanding the nature of… Read More Brandon HamberMay 1, 1999
