PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Violence and TraumaFrozen Emotions: Women's Experience of Violence and Trauma in El Salvador, Kenya and RwandaIn this report, Polly Dewhirst extracts women's common experiences of violence and trauma in El Salvador, Kenya and Rwanda. Initiatives in these countries to bring together survivors to rebuild their lives are part of the emerging international movement against gender inequality. Read More Polly DewhirstMarch 3, 1998
PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Victim SurveyThe Influence of Gender on Research: A Critique of Two Victim SurveysConsidered crucial to the control and prevention of crime, victim surveys have proliferated over the last couple of years. But do these studies adequately take gender into account in terms of their methodology, analysis and writing up? This short article explores the question by evaluating two recent victim surveys, one conducted within the municipal boundaries of the Johannesburg Transitional Metropolitan… Read More Lisa VettenMarch 3, 1998
PublicationsResearchCrime Prevention, Criminal JusticeCrime and Crime Prevention in Greater Johannesburg: The Views of Police Station CommissionersThe CSVR has been providing assistance to the officials of the Greater Johannesburg Metro Council responsible for developing a crime prevention strategy. This paper is intended to contribute to the development of the Safer Cities strategy for Greater Johannesburg. Data for this research was gathered by means of a structured interviews with Station Commissioners at each of the police stations… Read More Janine RauchMarch 1, 1998
PublicationsResearchMemory and Memorialisation, Transitional JusticeRemembering to Forget: Issues to Consider when Establishing Structures for Dealing with the PastThis paper moves from the premise that when countries are attempting to overcome a violent past it is better to deal with the past through investigation, truth recovery, justice and support for victims or survivors of violence than to ignore it. The paper is geared toward countries that are undergoing processes of social and political transformation. Specifically it is targeted… Read More Brandon HamberFebruary 6, 1998
PolicyPublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingThe Role of Provincial Executives in Safety and Security in South Africa: A Policy AnalysisThis report seeks to describe and analyse the various pieces of legislation and policy which determine the executive function of provincial governments in relation to the Safety and Security system in South Africa. The analysis is located in the "new" policy environment, following the publication of the White Paper on Safety and Security and the legislation concerning Municipal Policing. Read More Janine RauchFebruary 5, 1998
PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, Correctional Services, Criminal Justice, Youth ViolenceInto the Heart of Darkness: Journeys of the Amagents in Crime, Violence and DeathThis paper is a journey into their criminal underworld – South Africa's heart of darkness. It is a unsettling journey but one that is vital if we are to reach beyond the public disquietude surrounding these cold-blooded youngsters and begin to understand the human contours of their moral exile and pariah status. The journey starts with their own, autobiographical accounts of how they were drawn into this world of deviance; the different paths they have traversed; the events that have taken place along the way and the dialogue that they have about their goals and dreams in the future. Read More CSVRFebruary 3, 1998
